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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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We present a case of angiomyomatous hamartoma in the submandibular area, a site that has not been previously reported in the literature.
Doctors warned he will one day need pioneering surgery to remove the hypothalamic hamartoma - the "laughing tumour" - or he could die.
Radiological differential diagnosis The differential diagnoses for lipofibromatosis that were considered included lipofibromatosis hamartoma of the nerves, Proteus syndrome and lipoblastoma(tosis).
 
 
 
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