Calcified pulmonary chondromas in Carney's triad.

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  • Helmy Haja Mydin
  • Keith M Kerr
  • Owen Dempsey
چکیده

To cite: Haja Mydin H, Kerr KM, Dempsey O. Thorax Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ thoraxjnl-2013-203829 A 20-year-old woman presented with haematemesis. Endoscopy identified gastric ulceration. Chest imaging (figures 1 and 2) and subsequent surgical biopsy confirmed pulmonary chondromas (figures 3 and 4). These benign cartilaginous tumours, typically found in young women, can form part of ‘Carney’s triad’ with gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) and paraganglioma. Twenty-one years later, she developed further gastric ulceration,

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Thorax

دوره 69 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014