This case demonstrates the feasibility of successful staged surgical treatment for concomitant left atrial myxoma and primary lung adenocarcinoma.
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Hypothesis-generating for staged resection in rare concomitant myxoma and lung cancer; larger cohorts needed before practice change.
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.
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