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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Pulmonary hamartoma Experience X-ray diagnosis Stage a benign pulmonary hamartoma, but not a true tumor, but tumor-like lesions, because between the endoderm and mesoderm formation of developmental abnormalities. This collection of March 2003 -2005 hospital in March by the X-( DR, CR examination, by operation and pathology confirmed 36 cases of pulmonary hamartoma. Based on the analysis of 36 cases of pulmonary hamartoma of the X-ray findings and clinical performance, the purpose is to study the characteristics and relationships to enhance the awareness of the disease, improve the diagnosis rate of this disease. 1 Clinical data 24 males and 12 females, male to female ratio of 2:1. Age: Minimum 16 years, maximum 69 years, of which 19 patients aged over 40 (53%, average age 42 years. Clinical manifestations: cough, expectoration in 9 cases and chest pain in 8 patients, 4 cases of hemoptysis, shortness of breath, chest tightness, .12 cases of 3 patients without any clinical symptoms, is the medical perspective, camera films found. 2 surgery, pathology results Confirmed by surgery in lung cancer, 4 cases of bronchial above paragraph, 4 cases, 2 cases of tumor in the lumen, a pedicle, moveable .32 cases of pulmonary hamartoma pulmonary lung segments in the following paragraphs. Histopathological findings and classification: cartilage type 26 cases, 8 cases of connective tissue, type 2 patients is unclear. 3 X ray (CR, DR performance 3.1 34 cases of peripheral, the X line is mainly as follows: the kind of solitary pulmonary nodules shadow often seen as a large mass in a small number of tumor 2.5cm in diameter and more in the following, a small number of larger tumor diameter up to 5cm or more, the tumor was round or oval, the edge of the clear, no leaf, but can be a light leaf performance, density, homogeneous or heterogeneous tumor are visible, uneven density of calcification are visible, calcification was