label: Pulmonary Hamartoma
label_lc: pulmonary hamartoma
description: "A benign neoplasm that arises from the lung.  It is characterized by the presence of mesenchymal tissues admixed with entrapped respiratory epithelium.  The majority of cases are peripheral and asymptomatic.  A minority of cases arise endobronchially and present with signs and symptoms of bronchial obstruction.  Wedge resection or bronchoplastic resection is usually curative.  Recurrence is very rare."