Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature

Hamartoma is a common benign tumour of the lung. Although most pulmonary hamartomas are located within the lung parenchyma, rarely they present as endobronchial tumours. We are describing one case of a 75-year-old gentleman with endobronchial hamartoma removed via traditional flexible bronchoscopy a...

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Main Authors: Akesh Thomas, Jessee Woodall, Ghassan J. Wadhi, Paul R. Branca
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-05-01
Series:Lung India
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_579_24
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description Hamartoma is a common benign tumour of the lung. Although most pulmonary hamartomas are located within the lung parenchyma, rarely they present as endobronchial tumours. We are describing one case of a 75-year-old gentleman with endobronchial hamartoma removed via traditional flexible bronchoscopy and another case of a 55-year-old gentleman whose endobronchial hamartoma was diagnosed via robotic navigational bronchoscopy. We are also describing the salient features of three other cases of endobronchial hamartoma diagnosed at our institution in the last 13 years. With the emergence of advanced navigational bronchoscopy techniques, we predict that the incidence of identifying endobronchial hamartomas will increase.
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spelling doaj-art-83ba2cb66bf24e2497d42f355b7962c12025-08-20T03:53:07ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsLung India0970-21130974-598X2025-05-0142324524710.4103/lungindia.lungindia_579_24Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literatureAkesh ThomasJessee WoodallGhassan J. WadhiPaul R. BrancaHamartoma is a common benign tumour of the lung. Although most pulmonary hamartomas are located within the lung parenchyma, rarely they present as endobronchial tumours. We are describing one case of a 75-year-old gentleman with endobronchial hamartoma removed via traditional flexible bronchoscopy and another case of a 55-year-old gentleman whose endobronchial hamartoma was diagnosed via robotic navigational bronchoscopy. We are also describing the salient features of three other cases of endobronchial hamartoma diagnosed at our institution in the last 13 years. With the emergence of advanced navigational bronchoscopy techniques, we predict that the incidence of identifying endobronchial hamartomas will increase.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_579_24benign lung lesionsendobronchial hamartomanavigational bronchoscopyrobotic bronchoscopy
spellingShingle Akesh Thomas
Jessee Woodall
Ghassan J. Wadhi
Paul R. Branca
Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature
Lung India
benign lung lesions
endobronchial hamartoma
navigational bronchoscopy
robotic bronchoscopy
title Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature
title_full Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature
title_fullStr Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature
title_short Endobronchial hamartoma; are the lines fading from the zebra? Case series and review of literature
title_sort endobronchial hamartoma are the lines fading from the zebra case series and review of literature
topic benign lung lesions
endobronchial hamartoma
navigational bronchoscopy
robotic bronchoscopy
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_579_24
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