Giant pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in a 74-year-old female patient. A case report and brief review of literature

Abstract

Pulmonary hamartomas are the most frequent benign tumors of the lung most commonly seen in men in the 5-6th decades of life. Usually smaller than 4 cm and asymptomatic they can occasionally present as large lesions. Herein we present a case of a very large chondroid hamartoma in a 74-year-old female patient along with a brief review of the literature.