PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Muslim M. Saadi
AU  - Duna H. Barakeh
AU  - Sufia Husain
AU  - Waseem M. Hajjar
TI  - Large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in a child presenting as pneumothorax
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2015.4.10210
DP  - 2015 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 487--489
VI  - 36
IP  - 4
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/4/487.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/36/4/487.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2015 Jan 01; 36
AB  - We describe a 10-year-old boy with a rare large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in the right lower lobe presenting with severe respiratory distress. The radiological evaluation showed a large multicystic lesion in the right lower lobe with pneumothorax. Commonly, pulmonary hamartomas are asymptomatic, small in size, and are diagnosed incidentally in adults. Our case is highly unusual due to its young age, prominent clinical symptoms of severe respiratory distress with pneumothorax at presentation, very large size, and prominent cystic change. The lesion was surgically excised, and histopathological features were compatible with a multicystic chondroid hamartoma.