Computed tomography findings of pulmonary chondroma

TU Zhan-hai; LIN Zheng-yu; CAO Dai-rong; LI Yin-guan; QU Hui

Journal of China Clinic Medical Imaging ›› 2013, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4) : 255-258.

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Computed tomography findings of pulmonary chondroma

TU Zhan-hai1, LIN Zheng-yu1, CAO Dai-rong1, LI Yin-guan1, QU Hui2

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Objective: To study the CT features of primary pulmonary chondroma for improving diagnostic accuracy. Methods: The clinical data of eight patients with primary pulmonary chondroma proved by pathology of surgical specimens or biopsy were analyzed retrospectively. All patients had CT plain scanning, including 6 cases of enhanced scanning. Results: All of the 8 lesions were solitary. Six lesions were in the right lung and 2 in the left lung. CT findings: All lesions were solitary nodule or mass with well defined boundary, without cavity and satellites; 3 lesions had slightly lobular borderl; 5 lesions showed inner or periphery punctate and patchy calcifications, 3 lesions without evident calcifications; in 6 cases of enhanced scanning, 4 lesions had no evident enhancement and 2 lesions demonstrated moderate heterogeneous enhancement. Conclusions: Primary pulmonary chondroma is a rare benign tumor of lung, its CT findings have some characteristics, and should be differentiated from tuberculoma, harmatoma and peripheral lung cancer.

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Chondroma / Tomography / spiral computed

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TU Zhan-hai;LIN Zheng-yu;CAO Dai-rong;LI Yin-guan;QU Hui. Computed tomography findings of pulmonary chondroma[J]. Journal of China Clinic Medical Imaging. 2013, 24(4): 255-258