1. Dynamic Computed Tomography Findings of Atypical Pulmonary Hamartoma and It's Pathologic Correlations: A Case Report
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Geewon Lee, Ah Rong Kim, Yeong Dae Kim, Seungbaek Hong, Hyo Yeong Ahn, Ji Won Lee, Chang Hoon Lee, and Yeon Joo Jeong
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lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,lcsh:R895-920 ,Computed tomography ,multidetector computed tomography ,fibroblast ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,lung ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Smooth muscle ,Multidetector computed tomography ,medicine ,Hamartoma ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Ct findings ,Lung ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Cartilage ,medicine.disease ,Pulmonary Hamartoma ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,hamartoma ,Radiology ,business - Abstract
Pulmonary hamartoma is the third most frequent cause of solitary pulmonary nodules with an overall prevalence of up to 5.7% (1), and chondromatous hamartoma is the most common type of pulmonary hamartoma (2). Masses are composed of abnormal mixtures of epithelial and mesenchymal elements, such as cartilage, fat, fibromyxoid tissue, smooth muscle, and bone (3, 4). In spite of its relative frequency, no report has been published that details the CT findings of pulmonary hamartomas with rare pathologic patterns, such as fibrous or fibroleiomyomatous types. Here, we describe, for the first time, the unusual contrastenhanced CT findings of pulmonary hamartoma with a predominant fibroblast component and their relations with histopathologic findings. This case report was approved by our Institutional Review Board.
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- 2016