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Chest clinic
Images in thorax
Calcified pulmonary chondromas in Carney's triad
  1. Helmy Haja Mydin1,
  2. Keith M Kerr2,
  3. Owen Dempsey1
  1. 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK; enidan{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203829

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    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’ …

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    • Contributors HHM and OD conceived the idea, wrote the manuscript and are guarantors of overall content. KMK provided histopathology slides and descriptions. All authors approved the final manuscript.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.