[Clinico-morphological rationale for surgical tactics in local peripheral hamartomas of the lung]

The report deals with a retrospective clinico-morphological study of the data on 91 cases of local peripheral hamartoma of the lung. Both the authors' observations and literature data point to their non-tumor nature. Malignant transformation of lung hamartoma or relapse occur extremely rare. Therefore, small peripheral hamartomas of the lung, which do not tend to grow, should not be treated surgically, lung, provided the clinico-roentgenological diagnosis has been confirmed by a morphological procedure (puncture or aspiration biopsy).