BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma is a benign glandular neoplasm of the sinonasal cavities, which presents in isolation (REAHi) or in the setting of an adjacent inflammatory process such as sinonasal polyps. It is frequently found in the olfactory clefts. CT features of the 2 clinical presentations have not been well defined. We present the CT findings of REAH,...

adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (aot) is a benign odontogenic tumor with slow but progressive growth. the three variants: follicular, extra follicular (both central type), and peripheral present withidentical histologic findings. this case report describes a patient with a large aot in the mandibleof the extra follicular type which is the less common of the two central types. it also strikes as a...

Benign tumorous condition can be encountered at very unusual location in oral cavity and pharyngeal region, which leads diagnostic difficulty. Here we describe a very unusual presentation of polypoid hamartoma on the root of the tongue. A 59-year-old woman presented with a polypoid tumor mass on the dorsal root of the tongue. Microscopically, it was hamartoma showing normal salivary glands of m...

The etiology and pathogenesis of respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma (REAH) remain poorly understood, although some reports have suggested that REAH features an inflammatory process. T-helper type 9 (Th9) cells are a newly identified subset of CD4 T-helper cells characterized by the expression of high levels of interleukin (IL)-9, which may promote inflammation. As REAH may involve an ...

Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor is a non-aggressive slow growing epithelial odontogenic tumor with varied clinical and microscopic features. This neoplasm rarely appears as a completely cystic lesion histopathologically; therefore, oral pathologists should be aware of the various histopathologic types of this lesion. The main objective of this case report is to present a rare challenging case o...

In pulmonary pathology the term "hamartoma " is most commonly applied to a group of tumours in adults which usually contain cartilage as a constituent and arise from connective tissue (Sutherland, Aylwin, and Brewin, 1953). Willis (1958) does not think such growths are named correctly and gives good reasons for regarding them as acquired mixed tumours. On the other hand the mass replacing the e...