Pulmonary hamartoma. A rare case report

Pulmonary hamartoma is a rare lung neoformation, usually symptomless and by chance discovered, of a probable dysontogenetic origin with prevailing cartilaginous tissue and adult, onset age. The Authors report a rare case of a 25-year-old student, symptomless and fortuitously found by means of a radiograph of the chest. Many interesting features characterize the case report: histological nature of the pulmonary hamartoma, mainly vascular, so much as to feign an angiosarcoma at the macroscopical examination, and with small peripheral calcifications as shown by lung CT scan; the measures (about 7 cm) plentifully above the parameters usually reported in the literature (from 2 cm to 4 cm); the young onset age (about 10 years old). We may consider a case exceptionally reported in the literature. Besides, on the base of a few studies and of our experience, the results of the pulmonary hamartoma growth rate and doubling time are reported.