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Giant hamartoma of the lung

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In the following case of giant pulmonary hamartoma, a 62-year-old woman exhibited a huge tumor shadow in the right lung field, whilst remaining asymptomatic. A thoracotomy revealed a solid intrapulmonary mass histologically diagnosed as a cartilaginous hamartoma with no evidence of malignancy. The tumor was resected by enucleation and there has been no recurrence for 40 months since surgery. Parenchyma-saving enucleation or excision is a safe and sufficient procedure for peripheral hamartomas of any size.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, 520-2192, Shiga, Japan

    Shozo Fujino, Noriaki Tezuka, Satoru Sawai, Keiichi Kontani, Shuhei Inoue & Atsumi Mori

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Fujino, S., Tezuka, N., Sawai, S. et al. Giant hamartoma of the lung. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 46, 1229–1231 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03217908

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