title: Extremely rare case of primary cardiac chondroma in a patient presenting with acute pulmonary edema.
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.
authors.affiliation: 1st Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece. kkoskinas@partners.org
authors.forename: Konstantinos C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Koskinas
authors.forename: Yiannis S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chatzizisis
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kamperidis
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anastasiadis
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zioga
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hadjimiltiades
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Giannoglou
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002812:Chondroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography