HAMARTOMA

Course overview

A HAMARTOMA IS A LOCAL MALFORMATION MADE UP OF AN ABNORMAL MIXTURE OF CELLS AND TISSUE. ALTHOUGH MOST HAMARTOMAS ARE BENIGN, THEY CAUSE MORBIDITY BY VARIOUS MECHANISMS SUCH AS; INFECTION, INFARCTION, PRESSURE/OBSTRUCTION, HEMORRHAGE/ANEMIA, FRACTURE, NEOPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION. TO AVOID THE HIGH MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONDITION, IT REQUIRES PROMPT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF HAMARTOMA AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.