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Pulmonary hamartoma and squamous cell carcinoma: a very rare coexistence
Pulmonary hamartoma and squamous cell carcinoma: a very rare coexistence
Ahmet Önen1, Aydın Şanlı1, Sami Karapolat1, Volkan Karacam1, Aydanur Kargı2
1Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir
2Departments of Pathology, Medicine Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir
Pulmonary hamartoma is the most frequent benign neoplasm
of the lung. Although they are benign, malignant
transformation or accompaniment by primary lung cancer
may rarely be seen. A 38-year-old woman was admitted
with complaints of chronic cough and shortness of breath. A
computed tomography scan of the thorax showed a 3x2-cm
mass at the lower lobe of the left lung, surrounding the left
main bronchus. At thoracotomy, frozen section analysis of
the mass revealed malignancy, so a left lower lobectomy was
performed. Histopathologic diagnosis was hamartoma and
squamous cell carcinoma in situ. The patient was asymptomatic
during a years follow-up.
Keywords : Carcinoma, squamous cell; hamartoma/surgery; lung neoplasms/surgery
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