What are the examination methods for pulmonary hamartoma

What are the ways to check for pulmonary hamartoma? Lungs are important organs that ensure our breathing. If there is an abnormality in the lungs, it will first affect our oxygen intake, which will then affect our health, and even cause brain damage due to lack of oxygen. Therefore, diseases such as pulmonary hamartoma should be checked and treated in time. So what are the ways to check for pulmonary hamartoma?

Examination of pulmonary hamartoma

What examinations should be done for pulmonary hamartoma? The following is a detailed introduction to the examination of pulmonary hamartoma:

1. X-ray examination

X-rays show uniform and dense shadows, or uneven shadows, and calcification. The calcification shadow presents a popcorn-like pattern, and the density of the peripheral part is relatively low, which may be adipose tissue. The popcorn sign is a characteristic manifestation of pulmonary hamartoma, but it is rare and not unique to pulmonary hamartoma. Chest X-rays can detect the presence, size, and presence of satellite lesions of SPNs. The discovery of obvious popcorn-like calcification facilitates dynamic observation of lesions. Fibrous hamartomas have no calcification, and fat density is difficult to judge on traditional X-rays, and are often misdiagnosed.

2. CT examination

① The edge of the lesion is smooth, mostly round or quasi-round, without burr signs, but may have lobulation signs.

②The lesions are mostly smaller than 5 cm.

③The lumps are mostly soft tissue density lumps, which often contain fat density areas, which are typical CT manifestations.

④ Calcification in the lesion is spotty or patchy, and the typical calcification is popcorn-like.

⑤ Most of the lumps are located in the lungs, a few are close to the hilum of the lung, and some are located in the tracheal cavity. There are no enlarged lymph nodes in the hilum of the lung and the mediastinum.

⑥ After enhancement, the mass showed no enhancement or only slight enhancement.