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Hamartia Hamartiology Hamartoma Hamartoses Hamartomatosis Hamartomatoses
~ HAMARTIA id+ | FLAW FLAWED ERROR DEFECTIVE
MALFORMED SIN |
~ HAMARTIOLOGY id+ | THEOLOGY focused on SIN |
~ HAMARTOMA id+ | OVERGROWTH OF MATURE CELLS
NORMAL TO THE SITE |
id+ | MALFORMED TISSUES or TUMORS |
id+ | FOCAL TISSUE MALFORMATION |
~ HAMARTOSES pl of HAMARTOMA
~ HAMARTOMATOSIS or
~ HAMARTOMATOSES id+ | MULTIPLE HAMARTOMAS due to a
GENETIC MUTATION |
id+ | TRAGEDY |
etym> note duality
FLAW ERROR MALFORMATION and
TRAGEDY
gr HAMARTEIN = TO ERR
HAMARTIA FLAW TRAGEDY see SOPHOCLES below
lit+ SOPHOCLES [#] in OEDIPUS REX
illustrates HAMARTIA with
"THE TYRANT IS A CHILD OF PRIDE
WHO DRINKS FROM HIS GREAT SICKENING CUP
RECKLESSNESS AND VANITY
UNTIL FROM HIS HIGH CREST HEADLONG
HE PLUMMETS TO THE DUST OF HOPE" and
Alexander POPE [#] in "An Assay on Man" elaborates
"IT IS ONLY BY KNOWING THYSELF
THAT THOU WILT RID THYSELF
OF THY HAMARTIA"
med> HAMARTOMA mostly implies altered PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT of
TISSUES in terms of "COMBINATION" "ORGANIZATION" and
EXCESS OF GROWTH OF MATURE CELLS NORMAL TO THE SITE
note NONETHELESS HIGH CANCER RISK MUST BE SUSPECTED
most HAMARTOMAS MAY BE POST NATAL as per
CARCINOGENIC CAUSES eg RADIATION WHICH DISRUPT TISSUES
note alt definition
HISTOLOGIC ORGANIZATION causing altered CELL GROWTH
leading to the formation of "TUMOR" or NODULES or
CYSTS or NEOPLASIA
note MOST TUMORS OF THE LUNGS ARE HAMARTOMAS
note CARDIAC HAMARTOMAS ARE OFTEN RHABDOMYOMAS ASSOCIATED WITH
TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
note COWDEN SYNDROME IMPLIES MULTIPLE HAMARTOMAS
INCLUDING OF SKIN in OVER 60% OF PATIENTS plus
THYROID EYES etc
note ANY INSTANCE OF MULTIPLE HAMARTOMAS SHOULD EVOKE
SUSPICION OF A HIGH CANCER RISK SYNDROME
sug> POLYP PAPYLOMA ADENOMA FIBROMA
note "CYSTS" most often are HAMARTOMATOUS
see> TERATOMA TERATOLOGY
med> GENETIC HAMARTOSES is a group of disorders
included are
NEUROFIBROMATOSES characterized by the
development and growth of MULTIPLE hamartomas
eg NEUROFIBROMAS LIPOMA GLIOMA
HAMARTOMAS can undergo MALIGNANT or
CANCEROUS or DEGENERATION thus give rise to
SARCOMA CARCINOMA and LEUKEMIA
cont> TRAGEDY
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