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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:e5-e7
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case report

Giant Pulmonary Hamartoma—A Rare Presentation of a Common Tumor

^a Department of Surgery, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Landeskliniken Salzburg, Austria
^b Department of Pathology, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Landeskliniken Salzburg, Austria

Accepted for publication May 10, 2006.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Hutter, Department of Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Landeskliniken Salzburg, Muellnerhauptstr 48, 5020 Salzburg, Austria (Email: j.hutter{at}salk.at).

Hamartomata, the most common benign tumors of the lung, are rarely symptomatic and usually come to clinical attention as coin-shaped lesions on a routine plain chest roentgenogram. We report a case of a 63-year-old woman presenting with reduced endurance on exercise. The plain chest roentgenogram showed a tumor in the left chest. After clinical work-up, the patient underwent radical tumor resection through a lateral thoracotomy. The resected tumor, with two separate nodules, measured 26 x 25 cm and weighed 3.2 kg. The histopathology work-up showed pulmonary hamartoma.