Dear Dr. Gott: I spoke with a friend recently who said she was diagnosed with a hamartoma in her chest cavity. I corrected her and said she likely had a hematoma, but she was convinced she heard ...

A pulmonologist diagnosed it as a hamartoma, 2 cm in length. When they looked at a scan from 16 years earlier, ... is a benign type of tumor, the most common benign tumor of the lung.

Benign Bile Duct Hamartoma. Biliary hamartomas are benign and relatively common, occurring in 3% of the population. Pathologically they are comprised of small irregular branching bile ducts that ...

These include macrocephaly (enlarged head circumference), learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorder, vascular anomalies, gastrointestinal polyps (growths in the gut), and hamartomas (benign ...

A nevus sebaceus is a benign hamartoma that is smooth and flat at birth but becomes more raised and verrucous during puberty. Often yellow in color, a nevus sebaceus may also be skin-colored.

Did you know that certain medications can cause symptom of 'Hamartoma'. Find these drugs listed on the page and be warned of similar symptoms as possible side-effects.

Fibrous hamartomas represent a unique subset of benign soft tissue tumours, most notably occurring in infancy. These lesions are characterised by a disorganised proliferation of mature tissues ...

A 38-year-old woman, who was a member of a family with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) syndrome, first submitted for genetic counseling in November 2005. Mismatch repair–gene ...