composed of varying proportions of mesenchymal tissues including cartilage, fat, epithelial, and connective tissue combined with entrapped respiratory epithelium (1). Pulmonary hamartomas are the most common benign neoplasms of the lung, accounting for 7-14% of benign solitary pulmonary nodules (1, 2). Pulmonary hamartomas are most commonly presented as incidental lung nodules found on a routin...

We report the unexpected findings of bilateral retinal astrocytic hamartomas in a giant panda. The eyes of Hsing-Hsing, a giant panda that had renal failure, chronic hypertension, degenerative joint disease, and progressive ulcerative keratitis, were examined grossly and histologically. Most of the findings were related to Hsing-Hsing’s debilitated condition or to normal anatomic variations bet...

We report the case of a woman presenting with unusual, symptomatic epilepsy related to a hypothalamic hamartoma, in the absence of mental retardation or precocious puberty. The seizures manifested themselves clinically as characteristic, paroxysmal movement disorders, such as choreic/ballistic movement. This type of phenomenon is rarely of epileptic origin: we thus suggest that the movement dis...

Patients having a hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) frequently present gelastic or dacrystic seizures, and they often later experience multiple additional seizure types which lead to a severe epileptic encephalopathy. There is now increasing evidence that the HH itself plays a crucial role in this syndrome, but the relationships between the lesion and the different types of seizures remain a question...

DOI: 10.4328/JCAM.688 Received: 29.04.2011 Accepted: 17.05.2011 Printed: 01.07.2013 J Clin Anal Med 2013;4(4): 329-31 Corresponding Author: Mehmet Gamsızkan, Ankara Mevki Asker Hastanesi, Patoloji Laboratuarı, 06111 Dışkapı, Ankara, Turkey. T.: +90 3123103535 F.: +90 3123114609 E-Mail: [email protected] Özet Madolyon benzeri dermal dendrosit hamartom yeni tanımlanmış, oldukça nadir konjenital ...

Hepatic hamartomas were thought to be a rare finding in patients with tuberous sclerosis. The purpose of this study was to assess their incidence in children with tuberous sclerosis and to review the literature. During 1984-90 we examined 51 children by ultrasonography; there were 25 boys and 26 girls. Their age ranged from 3 months to 18 years. Liver hamartomas were seen in 12 (23.5%) of the c...

Retinal astrocytic hamartomas are benign intraocular tumors classically associated with phacomatoses. Their appearance in isolation is rare. An association between astrocytic hamartomas and retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has been described previously, but controversy still exists regarding the precise nature of these lesions in RP patients. The authors present a case report of a 24-year-old male wit...

PURPOSE Although it has been stated that breast hamartomas are rare tumors, radiologists frequently encounter them in their daily practices. Fat, glandular and fibrous tissues all produce a mass of disorganized but mature specialized cells. Because hamartomas do not have specific diagnostic histological features, the clinical and radiological findings are important in their diagnosis. The aim o...

Mammary hamartomas are rare benign lesions that present as palpable masses. Clinical, radiological and histopathological correlation is required for correct identification of these lesions. Hamartomas may be associated with other benign lesions of the breast, and in very rare cases can coincidental malignancies occur. Herein, we describe a unique case of mammary hamartoma that has developed in ...

Hamartomas are the most common benign tumors of the lung. It is most common peripherally in the parenchyma as solitary nodule or endobronchial lesion. Endobronchial form may cause obstruction of airway, atelectasis and recurrent pneumonia. Endobronchial hamartomas may be treated by surgical intervention or bronchoscopic excision (with rigid or flexible procedures). We are presenting a case of e...