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A 60-year-old male patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 presented with a right pulmonary mass. Bronchoscopic evaluation revealed an endobronchial mass on the right upper lobe.
He was operated on after a bronchial biopsy and a fine-needle aspiration biopsy revealed non-specific findings. Pathological evaluation of right upper lobectomy material was compatible with an endobronchial hamartoma and right upper lobar abscess.
Hamartoma is a component of neurofibromatosis syndrome. However, endobronchial hamartoma, as found in our patient, is a rare condition and is the reason for presenting this case.
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Poyrazoglu, H., Tor, F., Avşar, M.K. et al. Endobronchial hamartoma in a case with neurofibromatosis. Adv Therapy 25, 245–248 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-008-0036-8
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