Large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in a child presenting as pneumothorax

Authors

• Muslim M. Saadi, From the Departments of Pediatrics (Saadi), Thoracic Surgery (Barakeh, Hajjar), and Pathology (Husain), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Duna H. Barakeh, From the Departments of Pediatrics (Saadi), Thoracic Surgery (Barakeh, Hajjar), and Pathology (Husain), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Sufia Husain, From the Departments of Pediatrics (Saadi), Thoracic Surgery (Barakeh, Hajjar), and Pathology (Husain), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Waseem M. Hajjar, From the Departments of Pediatrics (Saadi), Thoracic Surgery (Barakeh, Hajjar), and Pathology (Husain), College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

We describe a 10-year-old boy with a rare large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in the right lower lobe presenting with severe respiratory distress. The radiological evaluation showed a large multicystic lesion in the right lower lobe with pneumothorax. Commonly, pulmonary hamartomas are asymptomatic, small in size, and are diagnosed incidentally in adults. Our case is highly unusual due to its young age, prominent clinical symptoms of severe respiratory distress with pneumothorax at presentation, very large size, and prominent cystic change. The lesion was surgically excised, and histopathological features were compatible with a multicystic chondroid hamartoma.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

487

Last Page

489

Recommended Citation

Saadi, Muslim M.; Barakeh, Duna H.; Husain, Sufia; and Hajjar, Waseem M. (2015) "Large multicystic pulmonary chondroid hamartoma in a child presenting as pneumothorax," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 36: Iss. 4, Article 15.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.4.10210