[The triad: mediastinal chemodectoma, chondroma of the lung and esophageal leiomyoma].

In 1958 a mediastinal tumor was discovered in an asymptomatic patient. The tumor was resected and diagnosed as a nonchromaffin chemodectoma. Additionally an oesophageal abnormality was discovered but not treated. At subsequent follow-ups the mediastinum never appeared normal and the heart size progressively increased. In 1974 a small opacity appeared in the left lung. In 1975 the patient was operated: a pulmonary osteochondroma, a pericarditis and an intrapericardial aortopulmonary chemodectoma were discovered. The oesophagus was not explored. In july 1979 an inoperable epidermoid carcinoma of the main bronchus of the left lung was discovered and the patient died in september 1979. There was no hypertension and no catecholamine excess. A post-mortem section was refused. After the recent description by Carney of the triad: extra-adrenal paraganglioma, lung chondroma and gastro-intestinal leiomyo(sarco)ma, we feel that our patient could present this syndrome and that the oesophageal tumor could be a benign leiomyoma. However the exact diagnosis of the oesophageal lesion is still unknown.