Concomitant surgery of a left atrial myxoma and a pulmonary carcinoma

We report the first successful outcome of a patient undergoing concomitant surgery for a left atrial myxoma and a squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Preoperative evaluations revealed lung cancer and a left atrial tumor of undetermined origin. An operation to excise both cardiac and pulmonary tumors was performed. The cardiac tumor was first resected with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass. The histopathological diagnosis was myxoma. Resection of the left upper pulmonary lobe and mediastinal lymph nodes followed. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient is well without evidence of recurrence 7 years after the operation.