Abstract
Here we reported a rare case of lung cancer associated with a left ventricular myxoma. A 76-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on chest roentgenogram. Diagnostic imaging demonstrated a tumor, 20×20 mm in size, in the right lower lobe. Transbronchial lung biopsy was performed, and a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung was made. Transesophageal echocardiography performed because of his past history. There was revealed a mass in the left ventricle, suggestive of a cardiac myxoma. First, he underwent a posterolateral thoracotomy for resection of a lung cancer. Fifty days later resection of the left ventricular myxoma was performed on cardiopulmonary bypass. He was discharged from the hospital 32days after the second surgery. He has been followed as an outpatient for 12 months at our hospital without any signs of recurrence.
