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Pulmonary carcinoma associated with hamartoma in an 11-year-old boy
R Kojima1, M Mizuguchi, F Bessho
1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
The American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
|November 1, 1993
Abstract
Purpose:
We describe a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung in an 11-year-old boy who had had a pulmonary hamartoma for at least 8 years.
Conclusions:
A hamartoma, even if clinically silent, may lead to the development of malignant tumors on rare occasions.