Current status of drug treatment for hamartoma

For diseases like hamartoma, doctors will often recommend surgical resection to patients, but some patients still feel very resistant to surgery and hope to be treated with medication. These patients very much want to know which drugs can treat hamartoma and what the effects are. Today we will learn about the current status of drug treatment for hamartoma.

First, let’s take a look at what kind of disease hamartoma is:

Hamartoma is an incorrect combination and arrangement of normal tissues within an organ. This disordered change in the number, structure or maturity of organ tissue will grow slowly with the development of the human body and rarely become malignant. Hamartoma has complex components. Most are tumor-like deformities formed by abnormal development of normal tissues, and a few are mesenchymal tumors. Fat and calcification are characteristic manifestations of most hamartomas. Popcorn-like calcification is common in pulmonary hamartomas. Twenty percent of renal hamartomas are combined with tuberous sclerosis. Hepatic hamartomas are mostly cystic and solid masses. Intrahepatic bile duct hamartomas are multiple irregular cysts. Chest wall hamartomas contain bone-like density and mixed calcification foci. Hypothalamic hamartomas show a silly smile.

Now let's take a look at the current status of drug treatment for hamartomas:

At present, the effect of medication for the treatment of hamartoma is not very good. So far, there is no effective drug that can be used as the main treatment for hamartoma. Therefore, the treatment of hamartoma at home and abroad still mainly relies on surgical treatment.

This is the current situation of drug treatment for hamartoma. In the process of treating hamartoma, drugs can only play an auxiliary therapeutic role and cannot be used as the main treatment method. Therefore, patients should still follow the doctor's advice on how to treat it. I believe that every doctor will give a treatment plan based on the patient's condition. Only by following the doctor's guidance can the hamartoma be cured as soon as possible.