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Benign lung tumours

From Surgopaedia

Epidemiology

  • Account <1% of all lung neoplasms


Pathophysiology

  • Arise from mesodermal origins
  • Subtypes
    • Hamartoma
      • Typically 40-60yos
      • 2:1 M:F
      • Usually peripheral and slow-growing
      • Fat and calcifications on CT is generally a hamartoma