One Case of Pulmonary Chondroma, Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung

摘要

@@ Pulmonary chondroma is a rare form of benign neoplasms of the lung, of which the cartilage is the only constituent. Most of the patients with lung chondroma are asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis and the occupying lesion in lung is mostly detected in the routine health examination. The image of pulmonary chondroma is similar to the other benign solitary neoplasms of the lung and the definitive diagnosis can only be established under a microscope after the resection of the tumor. In the present report, a 33-years-old woman with chondroma in the left lower lung was described.