Extremely rare case of primary cardiac chondroma in a patient presenting with acute pulmonary edema

Konstantinos C. Koskinas, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, Vasileios Kamperidis, Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Christina Zioga, Stavros Hadjimiltiades, George D. Giannoglou

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Abstract

Primary tumors of the heart are rare entities, substantially less frequent than cardiac metastases. Primary chondroma is an exceptionally rare cardiac tumor. We describe the case of a patient presenting with acute pulmonary edema with the incidental echocardiographic finding of a large left atrial tumor that was histopathologically diagnosed as primary cardiac chondroma.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)374-376
Number of pages3
JournalCardiovascular Pathology
Volume20
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Atrial chondroma
  • Cardiac tumor
  • Echocardiography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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