hamartomwut

[lilmisty]

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So what's the deal with Hamartomas? Are they like the Pokemon "Ditto" for tumors? They just mimic whatever they're in?

Tuberous sclerosis = hamartomas
Peutz-Jeghers = hamartomas
Lung "coin lesions" = hamartomas

I'm a bit confused because like, lung hamartomas don't "look" like lung? Someone got a better idea of this?

 

[Missorleans]

they're benign, and resemble an immature iteration of whatever tissue they're in.
and not all coin lesions in the lung are hamartomas.

 

[Robotic Dock]

They're non-functional structural tissues in some places other than what normally expected. They differ from choriostoma (heterotopic tissues) like gastric remnants in meckle's diverticulum.