Solid tumors of the pancreas are usually neoplastic. We report on two adult patients, each with a solid tumor of the pancreas that presented with an unusual histology and seemed to follow a benign ...

A hamartoma is a noncancerous tumor made of an abnormal mixture of normal tissues and cells from the area in which it grows. Hamartomas sometimes disappear over time and show little to no symptoms ...

A mesenteric lymphoid hamartoma was found in a 16-year-old boy associated with growth arrest, chronic hypochromic anemia and hypergammaglobulinemia. Radioisotope tracer scanning technics revealed t ...

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Splenic hamartoma is a rare tumor-like lesion composed of structurally disorganized red pulp elements. It has been hypothesized that two other splenic lesions, cord capillary hemangioma and myoid ...

Neurosurgeons at the University of Texas–Houston and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital report on the success they achieved when they removed a hypothalamic hamartoma from a 10-year-old girl ...

During development, cells grow, expand, and migrate to generate tissues and organs in a highly controlled manner. Many intracellular pathways—series of signaling cascades within a cell ...

He was diagnosed with an astrocytic hamartoma in the left eye and referred to a neurologist for a work-up for tuberous sclerosis and neurofibromatosis to rule out other lesions in the central ...

A hamartoma is a benign growth composed of an abnormal mixture of epithelial and mesenchymal elements. It is a part of any tissue that either grows faster or without the usual organization of its ...

Neurosurgeons report on the success they achieved when they removed a hypothalamic hamartoma from a 10-year-old girl to combat hyperphagia (excessive appetite and compulsive overeating) and ...

Charis Eng, MD, PhD, received a two-year, nearly $680,000 grant from the PTEN Research Foundation to investigate how genomic alterations influence PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS). With this grant ...

A new study on the genetic causes of the PTEN Hamartoma Tumour Syndrome (PHTS) has found that inhibitors of the PI3ka pathway, commonly used as anticancer drugs, are also effective against this ...