What are pulmonary Chondromas?

Pulmonary chondroma is a rare benign tumor of the lung. The clinical symptoms were concealed and often misdiagnosed as a tuberculosis tumor, hamartoma, peripheral lung cancer or a single metastatic tumor. Complete resection was the best treatment providing patients with a good prognosis.

What is lung hamartoma?

Pulmonary hamartomas are benign malformations of the lung and include an abnormal mixture of tissue components such as cartilage, epithelium, fat, or muscle which are common to the lung but the organ architecture is not preserved.

What does Chondroma mean?

(kon-DROH-muh) A rare, slow-growing tumor that is made up of cartilage and forms on or in bones or soft tissue. It is not cancer. The tumor usually occurs in the hands or feet, but it may also occur in the upper arm, thigh, collarbone, ribs, pelvis, spine, skull, and nasal sinuses.

What is Chondroid hamartoma?

Chondroid hamartomas are rare benign lesions of the lung comprising 8% of all lung tumors. They are usually small-sized, solitary, peripherally located, and asymptomatic lesions detected incidentally on chest X-ray or at autopsy. Rarely, they may be large in size and may clinically mimic malignancy.

What is the treatment of lung hamartoma?

Most clinical studies about PH focused on the difference to malignant lesions and the diagnosis measures with effectiveness and specificity. Today, even with the advancement in medical therapy, pulmonary resection remains the most important measure of treatment of patient with hamartoma of lung.

How common are lung hamartomas?

Pulmonary hamartomas (alternative plural: hamartomata) are benign neoplasms composed of cartilage, connective tissue, muscle, fat, and bone. It is one of the most common benign tumors of the lung and accounts for ~8% of all lung neoplasms and 6% of solitary pulmonary nodules.

Is enchondroma the same as Chondroma?

Chondromas are classified according to their location: enchondroma: within the bone (within the medullary cavity), periosteal chondroma: on the surface of the bone, soft tissue chondroma in the soft tissue.

Do pulmonary hamartomas grow?

Pulmonary hamartomas grow slowly, and most of them are smaller than 4 cm, although they may reach 10 cm in diameter. The tumors are usually solitary, although multiple tumors in the Carney triad have been reported.

What is pulmonary haemorrhage?

Pulmonary haemorrhage is rare. It happens when blood leaks from blood vessels in the windpipe or airways into the main lung. Pulmonary haemorrhage can affect children of all ages. It can start gradually and continue for a long time or it can be a sudden life-threatening event.