Pancreatic hamartoma is an extremely rare, non-neoplastic, mass-forming lesion that may be mistaken for malignancy, and the pre-operative diagnosis is particularly challenging. The published literature contains only 23 cases of pancreatic hamartoma. The majority of the cases reported patients with a single benign tumor-like disease that received a pancreatectomy. Immunohistochemical findings co...

RMH: rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma INTRODUCTION Rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma (RMH) is a rare congenital lesion in the dermal and subcutaneous tissues of newborns that was first described as a striated muscle hamartoma in 1986 and named in 1989. Since then, 65 cases have been reported in the literature, some in association with other congenital abnormalities. Most cases have bee...

Hamartoma is a rare splenic benign tumor usually accidentally detected as a radiologic finding. Preoperative diagnosis poses a challenge and thus surgery becomes necessary to confirm the clinical suspicion. Laparoscopic splenectomy has gained consensus as a standard surgical procedure particularly for autoimmune hematological diseases. This former experience has allowed this technique to be ext...

OBJECTIVE A hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma is an uncommon benign tumor in children and little is known about the spectrum of its radiological features. The purpose of this study is to describe the spectrum of radiological features of a hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirteen children with a pathologically confirmed hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma (M:F = 7:6; mea...

BACKGROUND This is the first description of the ultrasonographic findings in a cow with vascular hamartoma of the liver. CASE PRESENTATION Ultrasonographic examination of a six-year-old Swiss Braunvieh cow revealed an excessive number of hypoechogenic blood vessels in the liver parenchyma and a thrombus in the right hepatic vein. The activities of the liver enzymes and the concentration of bi...

AIM: We proved the feasibility and the safety of the laparoscopic splenectomy for splenic hamartoma in elderly patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We present the first case of laparoscopic splenectomy for splenic hamartoma in elderly patients and we reviewed the English literature regarding the laparoscopic approach. RESULTS: A 74-year-old man with a 6-month history of left upper quadrant abdominal...

A 41-year-old female presented at the department of radiology because of multiple slowly growing lumps in both breasts. Mammography showed dense breast tissue with multiple wellcircumscribed round lesions with no calcification. At ultrasound, sharply defined, heterogeneous oval masses were seen. On T2-Weighted Images (WI), the lesions were heterogeneous and hyperintense. T1-WI after intravenous...

BACKGROUND Hamartoma of the larynx is a very rare lesion, and the number of reported cases is limited. Signs and symptoms include stridor, changes in voice, eating and respiratory complaints. Stridor is a sign of upper airway obstruction. Patients presenting with stridor and severe respiratory distress necessitate urgent otolaryngologic evaluation. CASE REPORT Herein, we report a case of lary...

Uncontrolled rage, while long associated with hypothalamic hamartoma, has not been as extensively studied as the epilepsy. Rage can be more detrimental to quality of life than seizures. It is now realized that behavior and aggression improve after a complete resection of the hypothalamic hamartoma correlating with a good seizure control post-surgically. We report on the longitudinal psychiatric...