Endobronchial hamartoma

Endobronchial Hamartoma

Surgical management of endobronchial hamartoma

to have mass lesion in the left main bronchus [Figure 1]. Fiber-optic bronchoscopy was done which revealed an endobronchial lesion in the left main bronchus [Figure 2]. Biopsy, however, was inconclusive, and therefore, a repeat biopsy with a larger chunk of tissue was done which also was inconclusive. The lesion was purely endobronchial, and in one of the biopsies, a suspicion for carcinoid tum...

Endobronchial hamartoma mimicking malignant lung tumor contralateral endobronchial metastasis

RATIONALE Endobronchial hamartoma, the most common benign lung tumor, is located in the bronchus, and it easily mimics lung cancer or bronchial metastasis. Endobronchial hamartoma can cause coughing, hemoptysis, and pulmonary infection; thus, it should be treated right away by surgery or fiberoptic bronchoscopy. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a rare case of endobronchial hamartoma in which the cl...

Endobronchial ultrasound echoic image of pulmonary hamartoma

A 62-year-old man with an indicated chest radiographic abnormality was referred to our hospital for more thorough examinations. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration was performed because of a mass at the left hilum. Endobronchial ultrasound images showed scattered high-density spots in a low echoic and mosaic density. The pathological findings revealed pulmonary hama...

Resection of an endobronchial hamartoma by cryotherapy

A 72-year-old man was referred to our hospital with an endobronchial mass spotted on chest computed tomography (CT). On examination, he was afebrile, but complained of cough and sputum. Laboratory test results were normal. His chest CT showed an ovoid fat attenuation nodule in the left upper lobe bronchus (Fig. 1A). Flexible bronchoscopy was performed to investigate the endobronchial lesion, an...