Hypothalamic hamartoma is characterized by benign but abnormally formed brain tissue that grows near or against the hypothalamus, the control center of the brain.
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Many other diseases can also give this appearance, including metastatic cancer, hamartomas, and infectious granulomas such as tuberculosis, histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis.
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Nevus comedonicus or comedo nevus is a benign hamartoma ( birthmark ) of the pilosebaceous unit around the oil-producing gland in the skin.
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A "'chorangioma "'is a non-neoplastic, hamartoma-like growth in the placenta consisting of blood vessels.
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C . J . is one of a few hundred people worldwide born with a little-known brain disease called hypothalamic hamartoma, or HH.
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He is remembered for development of the concept of " hamartoma and choristoma " in an attempt to describe the relationship between abnormal formation and tumor.
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A "'hamartoma "'is a benign, focal malignant tumor, and it grows at the same rate as the surrounding tissues.
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Several synonymous terms have been done for this entity : adenomatoid proliferation of alveolar epithelium, papillary alveolar hamartoma, multifocal alveolar hyperplasia, multinodular pneumocyte hyperplasia.
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About 5 8 % of all solitary lung nodules, about 75 % of all CT scan may be insufficient if the hamartoma lacks the typical cartilage and fat cells.
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Some lung hamartomas can compress surrounding lung tissue to a degree, but this is generally not debilitating and is often asymptomatic, especially for the more common peripheral growths.
