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We describe a rare case of extrapulmonary hamartoma. A 65-year-old man underwent videoassisted thoracic surgery to obtain a histological diagnosis of a tumor with an irregular shape in the subpleural region of the right apical segment. Thoracoscopy showed a chondromatous tumor in the extrapleural region. The tumor resection was uneventful. Pathology study showed a hamartoma outside the visceral pleura.
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Endo, T., Endo, S., Hasegawa, T. et al. Extrapulmonary hamartoma. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 59, 209–211 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-010-0634-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-010-0634-7