The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 20, 209-214, Copyright © 1975 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Giant intrathoracic tumor masquerading as an enlarged cardiac silhouette
LW Keim and A Heilbrunn
This report describes a relatively asymptomatic 52-year-old man who had a
markedly enlarged cardiac silhouette on chest roentgenogram when first
seen. Clinical studies confirmed the presence of a mass, and thoracotomy
revealed a huge intrathoracic tumor. The lesion was interpreted as an
intrapulmonary hamartoma that had undergone malignant degeneration.