A Case of Endobronchial Hamartoma Diagnosed by Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

Cha, Joong Jik; Lee, Jung Ae; Kim, Young Whan; Lee, Jhin Oh; Kang, Tae Woong; Zo, Jae Il; Shim, Young Mok; Cho, Kyung Ja; Jang, Ja June

doi:1990.37.1.100

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 37(1); 1990 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1990;37(1):100-104.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1990.37.1.100 Published online March 1, 1990.

A Case of Endobronchial Hamartoma Diagnosed by Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

Joong Jik Cha¹, Jung Ae Lee¹, Young Whan Kim¹, Jhin Oh Lee¹, Tae Woong Kang¹, Jae Il Zo², Young Mok Shim², Kyung Ja Cho³, Ja June Jang³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Thoracic Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea
³Department of pathology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea

기관지경으로 진단한 기관지내 과오종 1예

차중직¹, 이정애¹, 김영환¹, 이진오¹, 강태웅¹, 조재일², 심영목², 조경자³, 장자준³

Abstract

Pulmonary hamartoma is known as one of the most common benign tumors of the lung. Most of the pulmonary hamartomas are located in the lung parenchyme, but rarely they originate endobron-chially. Most of the endobronchial hamartomas are diagnosed after surgery, because preoperative tissue diagnosis is not easy. But sometimes preoperative diagnosis by fiberoptic bronchoscopic biopsy is possible. And recently 2 cases of endobronchial hamartomas diagnosed preoperatively by bronchoscopy have been reported in Korea. we reported a case of endobronchial hamartoma diagnosed preoperatively by fiberoptic bronchoscopy in 64-year old female patient with a review of the literature.