Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma of the lung

Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma, although first reported as early as 1980s, remains a very rare lung disease. There have been less than 20 cases reported to date. Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma usually has an indolent course, but it could potentially result in morbidity and mortality. Biopsy is needed to...

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Autores principales: Fasanya, Adebayo Ayodeji, Hattab, Yousef, Patel, Ami, Lega, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28560148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.05.004
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author Fasanya, Adebayo Ayodeji
Hattab, Yousef
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description Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma, although first reported as early as 1980s, remains a very rare lung disease. There have been less than 20 cases reported to date. Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma usually has an indolent course, but it could potentially result in morbidity and mortality. Biopsy is needed to confirm the diagnosis because it is essential to rule out other possibilities including malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-54355952017-05-30 Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma of the lung Fasanya, Adebayo Ayodeji Hattab, Yousef Patel, Ami Lega, Mark Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma, although first reported as early as 1980s, remains a very rare lung disease. There have been less than 20 cases reported to date. Mesenchymal cystic hamartoma usually has an indolent course, but it could potentially result in morbidity and mortality. Biopsy is needed to confirm the diagnosis because it is essential to rule out other possibilities including malignancy. Elsevier 2017-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5435595/ /pubmed/28560148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.05.004 Text en © 2017 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/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5435595/
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