HAMARTOMA
THE RIGHT TISSUE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE WRONG ARCHITECTURE
MORE OF A MALFORMATION THAN A NEOPLASM
USUALLY NOT ENCAPSULATED—ILL DEFINED MARGINS
PLIOTROPIC HAMARTOMAS =MULTIPLE HAMARTOMAS IN DIFFERENT SITES
MAY BE MULTI OR UNIFOCAL
MAY BE MORE THAN 1 TISSUE TYPE
LYMPHANGIOMA MIGHT BE CONSIDERED ONE
BENIGN NO LIMIT TO WHERE THEY MIGHT BE
CHORISTOMA
HETEROTOPIA, ECTOPIA, ABERRANT
THE RIGHT TISSUE WITH THE RIGHT ARCHITECTURE IN THE WRONG PLACE
LINGUAL THYROID, LINGUAL PANCREAS, STRUMA OVARIIs