Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review
Pulmonary hamartomas are the most common but rare benign tumor-like lesions of the lung arising from the embryonic rest. They are more common in males and in aged. Majority are asymptomatic and seen as coin lesions with popcorn calcification in the chest radiograph. Fine needle aspiration cytology (...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2012
|
| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543598/ |
| id |
pubmed-3543598 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| spelling |
pubmed-35435982013-01-16 Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review Umashankar, T Devadas, Acharya K Ravichandra, G Yaranal, Parasappa J Case Report Pulmonary hamartomas are the most common but rare benign tumor-like lesions of the lung arising from the embryonic rest. They are more common in males and in aged. Majority are asymptomatic and seen as coin lesions with popcorn calcification in the chest radiograph. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) helps to diagnose and distinguish them from the cancerous lesions of the lung. The cytological material is characterized by fibromyxoid stroma, cartilage, bronchial cells, adipose tissue and bone. Bronchial cells with reactive atypia may be a source of false-positive result. Symptomatic cases need surgical intervention such as enucleation or segmental resection. We report a case of a 74-year-old male who had a lung mass that did not progress over 4-year on chest radiograph. The CT-guided FNAC smears showed benign bronchial epithelial cells, fibro-myxoid spindle cell stroma and fat spaces that aided the diagnosis of pulmonary hamartoma avoiding surgical intervention. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3543598/ /pubmed/23326033 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.103948 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cytology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| repository_type |
Open Access Journal |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
US National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| building |
NCBI PubMed |
| collection |
Online Access |
| language |
English |
| format |
Online |
| author |
Umashankar, T Devadas, Acharya K Ravichandra, G Yaranal, Parasappa J |
| spellingShingle |
Umashankar, T Devadas, Acharya K Ravichandra, G Yaranal, Parasappa J Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review |
| author_facet |
Umashankar, T Devadas, Acharya K Ravichandra, G Yaranal, Parasappa J |
| author_sort |
Umashankar, T |
| title |
Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review |
| title_short |
Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review |
| title_full |
Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review |
| title_fullStr |
Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Pulmonary hamartoma: Cytological study of a case and literature review |
| title_sort |
pulmonary hamartoma: cytological study of a case and literature review |
| description |
Pulmonary hamartomas are the most common but rare benign tumor-like lesions of the lung arising from the embryonic rest. They are more common in males and in aged. Majority are asymptomatic and seen as coin lesions with popcorn calcification in the chest radiograph. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) helps to diagnose and distinguish them from the cancerous lesions of the lung. The cytological material is characterized by fibromyxoid stroma, cartilage, bronchial cells, adipose tissue and bone. Bronchial cells with reactive atypia may be a source of false-positive result. Symptomatic cases need surgical intervention such as enucleation or segmental resection. We report a case of a 74-year-old male who had a lung mass that did not progress over 4-year on chest radiograph. The CT-guided FNAC smears showed benign bronchial epithelial cells, fibro-myxoid spindle cell stroma and fat spaces that aided the diagnosis of pulmonary hamartoma avoiding surgical intervention. |
| publisher |
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd |
| publishDate |
2012 |
| url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543598/ |
| _version_ |
1611946548854259712 |