A Rare Case of Laryngeal Hamartoma

Ahmed, Salmaan; Afreen, S. Sharfa; Parthiban, S. R. Raja; Anand, H. K.; Fatima, Quddusia; Chavan, Purshottam

doi:10.1007/s12070-021-02498-9

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“…They don’t metastasize. Although it may occur in any organ, such as lung, kidney, liver and spleen, hypothalamus, perineum, throat, etc.Domestic and foreign literature reports on chest wall hamartoma mainly focus on infants with ribs as their origin, but hamartoma occurring in adult chest wall without involving ribs is quite rare and the number of reported cases is limited ( 3 , 4 ). There is no significant difference in the incidence rate of chest wall hamartoma between males and females in most cases, and it is more common in infants and infants than in adults.…”

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Adult hamartoma of the chest wall: A case report

Bai

Liu²

2022

Front. Oncol.

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This paper retrospectively analyzed the case data of an adult hamartoma of the left chest wall, and combined with the literature analysis, to discuss the clinical characteristics, imaging diagnosis and differential diagnosis of hamartoma. CT and MRI findings of the patient showed medial occupation of the left serratius anterior muscle, with visible fat and calcification. Different from the previous reports of chest wall hamartoma in terms of age, location and imaging characteristics, this case had certain characteristics, and the diagnosis needed pathological confirmation after surgical resection.

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“…Pathologically, hamartoma can be divided into two types: mesenchymal hamartoma and epithelial or glandular hamartoma ( 4 ). Mesenchymal hamartomas are disordered by overgrown mesoderm tissue without any epithelial component.…”

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confidence: 99%