We report a case of huge pulmonary hamartoma with atrophied right lower lobe in a 33-year-old female patient. The pulmonary hamartoma was solid, 30 × 16.5 × 14.5 cm in size, which sectioned surface reveals a thick-walled fibrous cyst with multiple yellow nodules protruding into the lumen. The tumour was compressing the right lung and there was no evidence of infiltration into the surrounding st...

Respiratory epithelial adenomatoid (READ) hamartoma is a recently described entity characterized by abnormal glandular formations arising from the epithelium of the nasal cavity. The etiology of the lesion is unclear and may be secondary to either sinonasal inflammation or developmental error. We present a case of a 54-year-old man with a unilateral nasal mass found to be consistent with READ h...

Splenic hamartoma is an uncommon benign tumor. We retrospectively analyzed all patients who underwent splenectomy between May 2000 and June 2006 and four cases of splenic hamartoma were encountered. Three patients presented with mild abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography was the first diagnostic step, which revealed a splenic mass. Doppler ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic ...

Although 75% of intussusceptions occur within the first two years of life, they can also develop in teenage years. This is a case report of a 13-year old boy with an ileocolorectal intussusception from a large caecal hamartoma (10 x 6 x 2 cm3) adjacent to the ileocaecal valve. Partial resection of the ascending colon and terminal ileum was performed, and the pathology of the resected mass revea...

We report a case of a mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in a two-year-old boy. He presented to the emergency room with abdominal distention and vomiting. Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography were performed and revealed a large, intra-peritoneal lesion, with thick wall, multiple cysts of variable size and solid septa. The lesion was surgically resected. Pathological examination revealed...

Chondro-osseous respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma is a rare hamartomatous lesion of the nasal cavity, with only five cases reported in the literature to date. We report the case of a 3-year-old boy who presented with nasal obstruction and a mass in the left nasal cavity. The mass was completely resected on endoscopy. On microscopy, hamartomatous proliferation of respiratory-type glan...

PURPOSE To present a case of small hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) causing gelastic seizures and treated with stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation. CASE REPORT A 22-year-old man presented with intractable gelastic seizures and focal seizures refractory to medical treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a 6 mm x 6 mm x 7 mm sessile intraventricular HH. Under local anesthesia, four in...

BACKGROUND Fibrous hamartoma is the key pathology of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT), which was shown to have low osteogenicity and high osteoclastogenicity. This study further investigated the mechanism of impaired osteoblastic differentiation of fibrous hamartoma cells. METHODS Fibroblast-like cells were obtained from enzymatically dissociated fibrous hamartomas of 11 patients ...

Angio eccrine hamartoma (EAH) is a rare, benign tumoral lesion composed of glands and vascular structures in the mid dermis. We report on two observations Dakar. Observation 1: A four-month-old infant was seen for an erythematous plaque, rounded, with smooth surface, asymptomatic, localized to right thigh, evolving three months. The clinical appearance suggested spitz tumour. Cutaneous histolog...

Fibrous hamartoma of infancy is a rare, benign soft tissue tumor that typically occurs within the first two years life. The histogenesis unclear. It most commonly found in axilla, shoulder, inguinal region, and chest wall usually solitary malformation located subcutaneous or reticular dermis. Local recurrence uncommon treatment largely successful by local excision. clinical course prognosis exc...