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Solitary pulmonary chondroma: Self identity or incomplete carney’s triad

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A young male presented with history of low grade intermittent fever and exertional dyspnea since six months. Computed tomography of the chest revealed a large soft tissue mass in the left hilar and infrahilar region causing splaying of lingular and apical bronchus of the left lower lobe. Biopsy revealed a chondroid neoplasm computed tomography of the abdomen ruled out the presence of gastric and other extra-adrenal lesions, which are the other components of the carney’s triad. He underwent thoracotomy and excision of the tumor.We thus report, a rare case of solitary pulmonary chondroma, as the only component of the triad.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Alpha Mathew Kavunkal, Biswa Ranjan Panda, Jeyavelan Ramkumar & Vijit Koshy Cherian

  2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit 1, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India

    Alpha Mathew Kavunkal

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Kavunkal, A.M., Panda, B.R., Ramkumar, J. et al. Solitary pulmonary chondroma: Self identity or incomplete carney’s triad. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 24, 266–268 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-008-0060-y

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