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. (Ind J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 24: 266-268)