Abstract |
We studied 22 patients in whom intrapulmonary hamartoma was diagnosed between 1975 and 1994. Twelve were men and 10 were women, and their ages ranged from 20 to 72 years (averaged: 52.5). The sizes of the hamartomas ranged from 5 mm to 3 cm. Five patients also had other types of cancer (ling 3, colon 1, thyroid 1) and one had a mediastinal tumor (1). In those 6 patients, the hamartomas had to be distinguished from intrapulmonary metastasis. In 2 of those 6, thoracoscopic surgery was useful for obtaining sufficient materials for diagnosis. In one patient immunohistochemical analysis with anti- PCNA (proliferative cell nuclear antigen) antibody was useful in distinguishing leiomyomatous hamartoma from benign metastatic leiomyoma.
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Authors | Y Abe, S Shioya, Y Ohshika, E Ota, M Iwasaki, H Inoue, M Nakamura, T Ogata, N Tamaoki |
Journal | Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi
(Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi)
Vol. 34
Issue 12
Pg. 1354-8
(Dec 1996)
ISSN: 0301-1542 [Print] Japan |
PMID | 9022319
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Colonic Neoplasms
(complications)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Hamartoma
(complications, pathology)
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung Diseases
(complications, pathology)
- Lung Neoplasms
(complications)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
(analysis)
- Thyroid Neoplasms
(complications)
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