We experienced one case of endobronchial hamartoma on left lower lobar bronchus in sixty year old male patient.
Less than 1% of lung tumors are benign, and the prevalentce of endobronchial hamartoma is reported to be from 3% to 40%. The mean age was 52.9 years, and equal gender prevalence.
Symptoms were related to intraluminal growth, including fever, chill, productive cough, hemoptysis, exertional dyspnea, recurrent pneumonia and so on.
Bronchoscopic finding was tumor present as polypoid mass in the lumen of a left main stem bronchus, distal to 3cm from carina.
Biopsy was done. The histopathologic pattern showed several nodules of loose myxoid tissue and islands of cartilage.
We performed partial resection of the affected bronchus, 1cm anterior to the superior segmental bronchial opening ot just distal from superior segmental orifice. Including superior segmentectomy, partial resection of the left lower lobar
bronchial
resection and end-to-end anastomosis with 4-0 Poly dioxanone sutere materials interruptedly.
We report this case with the brief review of literatures.
(Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;28:1178-82)
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