Abstract
HAMARTOMA: (From Greek Hamartion: bodily effect) is considered a developmental error. Hamartoma 1 are not true tumors but represent an over growth of one or more cell types that are normal constituents, but arranged in an irregular fashion of the organ in which they arise, and can occur at a number of sites, and they have been described in many organs. They can occur in the chest, breast, skin, brain, lungs, eye, colon, liver, and uterus. Majority of benign Vascular Tumors are malformations or hamartomas. However, there is no clear cut distinction between Vascular Hamartomas and true benign tumors and are often described together. In this case presentation the boy of 8 yrs. presented with a swelling of 3 months duration in the posterior aspect of neck where a decisive clinical diagnosis could not be arrived even with investigations, but on excision with histopathological report, it had been reported as vascular hamartoma.
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