[Search-frames]

[Search-no frames]

[UCHC Home]

[©]

[Feed Back]

[About]

Hamartoma (Chondrofibrolipoma)

Etiology: • Unknown. • Although previously called hamartoma, these lesions develop over years and are not congenital.

Pathogenesis: • Unknown

Epidemiology: • Patients over 40; women outnumber men 2:1 • Rare cause of solitary lesion detected on radiographic studies

General Gross Description: • Solitary nodule or 3coin lesion2 • May be firm and glassy depending on the amount cartilage within the lesion

General Microscopic Description: • Composed of mature cartilage,fibrous tissue and fat as well as occasional blood vessels and respiratory epithelium.

Clinical Correlations: • Often found on chest xray or other radiographic study and diagnosed as part of an evaluation to rule out carcinoma.

References: • Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL. Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th edition. W.B. Saunders. Philadelphia 1994. pp.727.