• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.83-88
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• 1992

A hamartoma can be defined as a developmental malformation composed of tissue that normally constitute the organ in which the tumor occurs, but in which the tissue elements, although mature, are disorganized. Hamartoma is one of the most common benign lung tumors. Most of them are located in the lung parenchyme, but very rarely it can originate endobronchially. There is no case report of multiple endobronchial hamartomas in Korea. We report a case of multiple endobronchial hamartomas in a 63 year old woman with a review of the literatures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.345-349
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• 1981

Pulmonary hamartoma is relatively common among the benign tumors of lung, and is credited to Albrecht who In 1904 described a disorganized arrangement of tissue normally present In an organ. But hamartoma has rare incidence of total pulmonary tumors, and especially endobronchial origin is extremely rare. We have experienced three cases of pulmonary hamartoma Including one bronchial origin. First case was a 27 years old woman who had multiple hamartomas, located all in right middle lobe and middle lobectomy was performed. Second case, a 56 years old woman, had endobronchial hamartoma, l x l .5x l .8cm in size and located at right intermediate bronchus. Right pneumonectomy was Inevitable because of It`s proximal location near the hilum. Third case, a 55 years old man, revealed sclerosing hemangioma microscopically, 4x4x5 cm In size, in right lower lobe and right lower lobectomy was performed. Postoperative course of all of them were uneventful and discharged with good general condition on the ~ 4th to 26th day postoperatively.