Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 55(3): 201-202
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924620
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Laser-Assisted Resection of a Giant Pulmonary Chondrohamartoma - A Case Report

A. Pereszlenyi1 , A. Rolle1 , B. Rudek1 , A. Schilling1 , B. Bis1
  • 1Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Center for Pneumology, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Coswig Specialized Hospital, Coswig/Dresden, Germany
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Publication History

Received April 4, 2006

Publication Date:
05 April 2007 (online)

Introduction

Chondromatous hamartoma represents one of the most frequently resected benign pulmonary lesions in thoracic surgery. The technique used for resection - enucleation, wedge resection and, in the case of a large lesion, an anatomical lung resection (segmentectomy, lobectomy) - is also well known [[1], [2], [3], [4]].

We present a case of resection of a giant chondromatous hamartoma with a diameter of 15 cm and weighing 1350 g using a new 1318 nm wavelength neodymium : yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Nd : YAG) laser system.

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MD, PhD, FETCS Arpad Pereszlenyi

Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Center for Pneumology, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Coswig Specialized Hospital, affiliated to the Carl Gustav Carus University Dresden

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Email: dr.pereszlenyi@fachkrankenhaus-coswig.de