Condroma pulmonar isolado: caso incompleto da tríade de Carney?

Abstract

Pulmonary chondroma is a rare neoplasm. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) It is primarily seen in women and is part of the Carney triad, which consists of pulmonary chondroma, gastric leiomyosarcoma and functioning extraadrenal paraganglioma. (1) In describing this triad, Carney reported four cases involving young women. He suggested that the concomitant development ABSTRACT A 45-year-old man presented with recurrent pulmonary infection for four years, cough, bloody sputum, yellowish excretion and nonpleuritic chest pain. Tomography of the chest revealed a calcified nodule occluding the right lower lobe bronchus. A right lower and middle lobectomy was performed, and the histopathological examination of the bronchi revealed chondroma, a rare pulmonary tumor usually associated with the Carney triad (pulmonary chondroma, gastric leiomyosarcoma and extra-adrenal paraganglioma), being the less common of the three components. In the present case, the other two components of the triad were not observed. Since these components may appear years later, long-term follow-up care is necessary. Case ReportJ Bras Pneumol. 2005;31(4):356-9