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hamartoma
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hamartoma [‚ha·mər′tō·mə]
(medicine)
An abnormal condition resulting in the formation of a mass of tissue of disproportionate size and distribution but composed of the normal tissue of the region.


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The differential diagnosis of a mass in the postnasal space covers a wide spectrum of pathologies, including antrochoanal polyps, nasopharyngeal cysts, benign tumors and hamartomas (e.
  small, benign hemispheric hamartomas of the large intestine occurring sporadically in children.
Background: Retrorectal cystic hamartomas are characterized by unilocular or multilocular cysts lined by squamous, transitional, or glandular epithelium.
 
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