We report a case of primary large cell carcinoma of the lung invading the heart and
mimicking a left atrial myxoma.
This case highlights the problems we face in diagnosis and management of a very unusual
presentation of poorly differentiated primary large (‘non-small’) cell lung cancer
with extension into the left atrium. It is important to have a high index of suspicion
for a primary lung malignancy in chronic heavy smokers with none to minimal respiratory
symptoms for early diagnosis and full staging procedures, as some of these tumours
may be suitable for lung resection.
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© 2004 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
