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Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior
Pulmonary hamartomas are benign lesions, usually asymptomatic and incidentally discovered on a routine chest radiograph; occasionally, however, this benign lesion may cause life threatening symptoms due to it's location and diffuse vascular involvement. We report the case of a 27 year-old male,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501529/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.05.007 |
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author | Ladeira, I. Neves, S. Almeida, J. Parente, B. Couceiro, A. Moura Sá, J. |
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description | Pulmonary hamartomas are benign lesions, usually asymptomatic and incidentally discovered on a routine chest radiograph; occasionally, however, this benign lesion may cause life threatening symptoms due to it's location and diffuse vascular involvement. We report the case of a 27 year-old male, non-smoker, who presented with dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis and weight loss. He was found to have a mass in the right hilar region which also involved the right main bronchus, pulmonary artery and esophagus. Surgical biopsy of the lesion led to the diagnosis of diffuse vascular hamartoma. Although it was a benign lesion, due to the size and location, surgical removal was not possible and patient died 10 years after being diagnosed with the condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-45015292015-08-01 Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior Ladeira, I. Neves, S. Almeida, J. Parente, B. Couceiro, A. Moura Sá, J. Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Pulmonary hamartomas are benign lesions, usually asymptomatic and incidentally discovered on a routine chest radiograph; occasionally, however, this benign lesion may cause life threatening symptoms due to it's location and diffuse vascular involvement. We report the case of a 27 year-old male, non-smoker, who presented with dyspnea, cough, hemoptysis and weight loss. He was found to have a mass in the right hilar region which also involved the right main bronchus, pulmonary artery and esophagus. Surgical biopsy of the lesion led to the diagnosis of diffuse vascular hamartoma. Although it was a benign lesion, due to the size and location, surgical removal was not possible and patient died 10 years after being diagnosed with the condition. Elsevier 2015-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4501529/ /pubmed/26236622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.05.007 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ladeira, I. Neves, S. Almeida, J. Parente, B. Couceiro, A. Moura Sá, J. Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior |
title | Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior |
title_full | Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior |
title_fullStr | Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior |
title_short | Diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior |
title_sort | diffuse vascular hamartoma with malignant behavior |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501529/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.05.007 |
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