Pulmonary hamartoma A clinical study of 77 cases in a 21-year period and review of literature

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Abstract
Seventy-seven pulmonary hamartomas were operated upon during a 21-yearperiod (1966-1986); 43 (55.8%) patients were male and 34 (44.2%), female.Thoracotomy was carried out: in all 53 enucleations, 18 wedge resections, 5lobectomies, and 1 apico-basal segmentectomy were performed. The size ofthe tumours varied in diameter between 1 cm and 8 cm (mean 2.27 cm) and 23(29.9%) of patients had previous, concomitant or subsequent pulmonary orpleural disease. Operative mortality was nil. There were 19 postoperativecomplications in 18 patients. All 77 patients were called for a follow-upexamination 6 months to 20 years after operation (mean 8.1 years). Elevenhad died, 15 answered with a letter and 39 came to control examination.Thirteen patients did not respond to the questionnaire but were still aliveaccording to the national statistics. One patient developed postoperativelung cancer of which he died 8 years after operation. The others are doingwell. Although benign in nature, the only therapy for primary hamartoma isoperative removal of the tumour.

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