A rare pulmonary hamartoma: fibroleiomyomatous hamartoma

Abstract

Pulmonary hamartomas are more common than expected because they are usually asymptomatic and are either discovered on routine chest radiography or when they are noted incidentally in approximately 0.25 % of autopsies. In contrast, pulmonary fibroleiomyomatous hamartoma, which consists of interlacing bundles of smooth muscle cells admixed with fibrous tissue and numerous tubular or cleft-like epithelial inclusions, is a rare type of hamartoma. Controversy exists regarding the pathogenesis of this tumor. We herein present a rare case of a 68-year-old male patient without a pre-existing smooth muscle tumor, who underwent resection for a tumor that was considered to be a true pulmonary fibroleiomyomatous hamartoma.