We report CT and MR imaging findings for a case of nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma occurring in a 19-month-old boy. A nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma is a rare benign pediatric hamartoma that can simulate malignancy. Although rare, knowledge of this entity is essential to avoid potentially harmful therapies.

the benign appearance, may contain malicious elements or potentiality for malignant degeneration in the medium term, and the risk of infection in benign cysts. This patient was discharged on the seventh postoperative day, with uneventful recovery. The resection of the coccyx is not recommended unless there is suspicion of involvement by malignant disease 3. As far as rectum is often densely adh...

Three cases are reported--one endobronchial hamartoma, one endobronchial hamartoma accompanied by a similar intrapulmonary lesion, and one multiple hamartoma. These cases typify the clinical presentation and illustrate some of the difficulties in diagnosis and management. The published cases are reviewed.

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Objectives: Seromucinous hamartoma, first described by Baillie and Batsakis in 1974, is a rare benign glandular proliferation of the sinonasal tract and nasopharynx. Herein, we present a case of seromucinous hamartoma arising in the bilateral nasal cavities. Case report: We present a 43-year-old woman with seromucinous hamartoma of the bilateral nasal cavities who presented with nasal obstructi...

Mammary hamartomas are typically a benign condition and rarely develop into malignant lesions. Only 14 cases of carcinomas associated with a hamartoma have been documented in the literature. In this case report, we describe a case of invasive ductal carcinoma within a hamartoma in a 72-year-old woman. Mammography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging showed the features of a typical ...

Hamartoma of the breast is an uncommon lesion. Although it can possess characteristic radiological features, the pathological appearance is not distinctive. Hamartoma is generally considered benign, but four cases have been reported with ductal and lobular carcinoma arising in hamartomas. This report describes further cases of hamartoma from which ductal carcinoma in situ arose, with one showin...

We discuss current knowledge and management of splenic hamartoma, an uncommon form benign tumor. A hamartoma is a rare mass, often found incidentally while working up other complaints, typically treated by surgical resection the mass. In this case, we that was with laparoscopic partial splenectomy. The patient presented in Emergency Department complaining periumbilical pain after having been st...

Hepatic mesenchymal hamartoma is a rare benign tumor. We present an unusual case of a fetal abdominal cyst, later diagnosed histopathologically to be mesenchymal hamartoma of liver. The organ of origin was indeterminate on both prenatal and postnatal ultrasounds. As there are no specific sonological findings, whenever a large multicystic fetal abdominal cyst is seen, mesenchymal hamartoma shoul...