Pulmonary hamartoma in an Ethiopian adult female: case report

A 39 years old Ethiopian women presented to Tikur Anbessa Hospital with cough, chest pain, haemaptyis and dyspnea and was admitted with the clinical impression of bronchogenic carcinoma. Pneumonectomy was performed and tissue section from the specimen was reported as pulmonary hamartoma. A detailed description of the clinical findings, laboratory data, chest x-ray and pathologic findings presented along with a review of the available literature. This is the first case report of an endobronchial hamartoma in an Ethiopian patient.