title: Primary pulmonary myxoma.
abstract: We report a case of a primary pulmonary myxoma. The patient was a 69-year-old previously healthy human. Computed tomographic scan demonstrated a well-circumscribed tumor with a diameter of approximately 13 mm in the right upper lobe. We performed a right upper lobectomy under video-assisted thoracoscopy. Microscopic examination of the tumor disclosed elongated and stellate cells in a myxoid stroma, typical of myxoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hyogo Prefectural Kaibara Hospital, Kaibara, Japan. hmatsuoka1@mac.com
authors.forename: Hidehito
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Sakan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed