Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 57(2): 122-124
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-989350
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Dumbbell Shaped Exophytic and Endobronchial Lipomatous Hamartoma

W. Na1 , S. H. Shinn2 , S. S. Paik1
  • 1Department of Pathology, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Republic of Korea
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Publication History

received May 7, 2007

Publication Date:
24 February 2009 (online)

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Abstract

A 63-year-old man presented with a dumbbell-shaped mass obstructing his left upper lobe. He underwent a left upper lobectomy for suspected malignancy. An unexpected pathological diagnosis of endobronchial lipomatous hamartoma was made. Only 6 other cases have been reported in the English literature and only two cases were both endobronchial and exophytic.