Concomitant occurrence of a left atrial myxoma and an adenocarcinoma of the lung.
A 72-year-old previously healthy woman was found to have both a left atrial myxoma and a left lung mass during the evaluation for two cerebrovascular events. Resection of the atrial myxoma and a biopsy of the left lung mass were performed. Six weeks later she underwent a left upper lobectomy for adenocarcinoma of the lung. This case illustrates the concomitant occurrence of a left atrial myxoma and a primary lung cancer in a patient who underwent a successful staged treatment for both diseases.
Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*