Thomas Akesh, Woodall Jessee, Wadhi Ghassan J, Branca Paul R
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Lung India. 2025 May 1;42(3):245-247. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_579_24. Epub 2025 Apr 29.
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.
错构瘤是一种常见的肺良性肿瘤。尽管大多数肺错构瘤位于肺实质内,但它们很少表现为支气管内肿瘤。我们正在描述一例通过传统柔性支气管镜切除支气管内错构瘤的75岁男性病例,以及另一例通过机器人导航支气管镜诊断出支气管内错构瘤的55岁男性病例。我们还在描述过去13年在我们机构诊断出的另外三例支气管内错构瘤的显著特征。随着先进导航支气管镜技术的出现,我们预计识别支气管内错构瘤的发生率将会增加。