Fat Containing Heterogeneous Nodule in the Lung – Hamartoma

CT in the axial plane of a 42-year-old male shows a 9mm nodule in the anterior segment of right upper lobe that is heterogeneous (lower right panel) and fat containing (-6.1HU measurement in lower left panel). Findings are consistent with a pulmonary hamartoma
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Classical Case with Popcorn Calcification

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Diagnosis includes a benign hamartoma
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Mildly Heterogeneous Soft Tissue Nodule

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65 year old male with incidental finding of a nodule in the left mainstem bronchus . Pathology confirmed a hamartomaAshley Davidoff MD TheCommonvein.net hamartoma

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Lingular Atelectasis with Obstructing Nodule

55-year-old female presents with a chronic cough
Frontal CXR shows an infiltrate involving the superior segment of the lingula, with partial silhouetting of the left heart border, and without associated secondary changes of volume loss
Final diagnosis was an obstructing hamartoma of the superior lingula bronchus
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55-year-old female presents with a chronic cough
CT in the axial plane shows an infiltrate involving the superior segment of the lingula, reflecting segmental post obstructive atelectasis (b red asterisk). A rounded soft tissue filling defect is noted in the subtending bronchus (b, black arrowhead) with downstream mucus accumulation (b yellow arrowhead)
Final diagnosis was an obstructing hamartoma of the superior lingula bronchus
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