A case of multiple endobronchial hamartomas.

Park, Sung Kyu; Rhee, Kyoung Joo; Park, Mee Ja; Kim, Sun Young

doi:1992.39.1.83

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 39(1); 1992 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1992;39(1):83-88.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1992.39.1.83 Published online February 1, 1992.

A case of multiple endobronchial hamartomas.

Sung Kyu Park¹, Kyoung Joo Rhee¹, Mee Ja Park², Sun Young Kim³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon Eulji General Hosþital, Dae Jeon, Korea
²Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Daejeon Eulji General Hosþital, Dae Jeon, Korea
³Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, ChungNam National University, Dae Jeon, Korea

Abstract

A hamartoma can be defined as a developmental malformation composed of tissue that normally constitute the organ in which the tumor occurs, but in which the tissue elements, although mature, are disorganized. Hamartoma is one of the most common benign lung tumors. Most of them are located in the lung parenchyme, but very rarely it can originate endobronchially. There is no case report of multiple endobronchial hamartomas in Korea. We report a case of multiple endobronchial hamartomas in a 63 year old woman with a review of the literatures.

Key Words: Multiple endobronchial hamartomas