TY - JOUR
T1 - [Pulmonary hamartoma associated with lung cancer].
AU - Matsuda, Eisuke
AU - Okabe, Kazunori
AU - Kobayashi, Seiki
AU - Hirazawa, Katsutoshi
AU - Yamamoto, Hiromasa
AU - Tao, Hiroyuki
AU - Murakami, Tomoyuki
AU - Sugi, Kazuro
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PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - Pulmonary hamartoma is most common benign tumor of the lung and is not recognised as having a character of malignant transformation. So, longtime radiological observation is not uncommon for patients with diagnosis of pulmonary hamartoma from computed tomography (CT) finding. Although pulmonary hamartoma does not transform to malignancy, high frequency of coexistence hamartoma and lung cancer has been reported. We experienced 14 cases of resected pulmonary hamartoma, and 3 of them had lung cancer, showing that 21.4% of pulmonary hamartoma coexisted with lung cancer. Patients with pulmonary hamartoma should undergo sufficient evaluations for malignancy.
AB - Pulmonary hamartoma is most common benign tumor of the lung and is not recognised as having a character of malignant transformation. So, longtime radiological observation is not uncommon for patients with diagnosis of pulmonary hamartoma from computed tomography (CT) finding. Although pulmonary hamartoma does not transform to malignancy, high frequency of coexistence hamartoma and lung cancer has been reported. We experienced 14 cases of resected pulmonary hamartoma, and 3 of them had lung cancer, showing that 21.4% of pulmonary hamartoma coexisted with lung cancer. Patients with pulmonary hamartoma should undergo sufficient evaluations for malignancy.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 20845697
AN - SCOPUS:78149242169
SN - 0021-5252
VL - 63
SP - 875
EP - 878
JO - Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 10
ER -
