ENDOBRONCHIAL HAMARTOMA TREATED BY AN ND-YAG LASER - REPORT OF A CASE

Endobronchial hamartomas are only rarely encountered. They cause irrev ersible lung damage due to bronchial obstruction if not diagnosed earl y and treated properly. Among the various treatments for this rare dis ease, a surgical resection remains the most popular. We herein report a case of a 53-year-old man presenting with an endobronchial hamartoma which was successfully excised by laser irradiation via a rigid bronc hoscope, along with a review of 113 patients with this disease reporte d in the literature.