Open AccessPulmonary Hamartoma Mimicking Malignancy: A Cytopathological Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Manjari Kishore,
Puneet Gupta,
. Preeti,
Desh Deepak
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22597.8844
Subject(s) - medicine , hamartoma , chest radiograph , asymptomatic , malignancy , radiology , lung , radiography , fine needle aspiration cytology , pathology , biopsy
Pulmonary Hamartomas (PH) are benign tumour-like lesions of lung with an uncommon occurrence and pose a diagnostic challenge on chest radiograph. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) can lead to a definitive diagnosis as well as distinguishes these from malignant lung mass. Most of the patients are asymptomatic and incidentally detected on routine chest radiographs. We report a case of pulmonary hamartoma where the patient was symptomatic and a possibility of malignant neoplasm was considered until the FNAC concluded the diagnosis.