RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in a child presenting as pneumothorax
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 487
OP 489
DO 10.15537/smj.2015.4.10210
VO 36
IS 4
A1 Muslim M. Saadi
A1 Duna H. Barakeh
A1 Sufia Husain
A1 Waseem M. Hajjar
YR 2015
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/36/4/487.abstract
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.