Pulmonary hamartoma is often incidental, asymptomatic finding on routine chest roentgenogram. It has been considered a congenital malformation.
Since the original description by Albrecht in 1908, it has been classified into two types, a small, fibrocartilaginous mass in adults, and a cystic lobar mass in infants. We experienced two cases of pulmonary hamartoma which proved to be the adult form of hamartoma.
One was located in left upper lobe of a 58 year old male patient, the other was located in the perihilar region of the right middle lobe of a 38 year old male patient. The former case was treated by wedge resection: the latter by right middle lobectomy and the postoperative courses of both cases were very good and without complication.
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