Smooth muscle hamartoma of the lungs in a Wistar Hannover rat

J Toxicol Pathol. 2023 Oct;36(4):193-198. doi: 10.1293/tox.2023-0056. Epub 2023 Jul 7.ABSTRACTHamartomas are tumor-like masses comprising disorganized normal tissue elements. To date, spontaneous hamartomas have been reported in several organs and tissues in rodents but not in the lungs. Here, we report the first case of a hamartoma in the lungs of a 108-week-old female Wistar Hannover rat. Grossly, a white spot, 7 mm in diameter, was observed on the costal surface of the left lung. Histopathologically, the nodular lesions adjacent to the bronchioles comprised mature smooth muscle cells. The lesion was not encapsulated and spread along the alveolar walls and ducts without compression of the surrounding tissue. In the nodules, elastic fibers enclosed small lumens lined with factor VIII-related antigen-positive endothelial cells. This structure suggested that the nodule mimicked an artery. Moreover, structural abnormalities were observed within the bronchioles and arterioles owing to the increased number of smooth muscle cells in the surrounding tissues. These features suggested that this was a case of tissue malformation rather than a neoplasm, leading to the diagnosis of a smooth muscle hamartoma of the lung.PMID:37868117 | PMC:PMC10585242 | DOI:10.1293/tox.2023-0056

Source: Journal of Toxicologic Pathology - October 23, 2023 Category: Toxicology Authors: Shinya Miyazaki Chinatsu Fujiwara Yoshitaka Katoh Tsuyoshi Ito Aya Koyama Naofumi Takahashi Atsushi Shiga Takanori Harada Source Type: research