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27 February 2018 : Case report  China (mainland)

A Rare Case of Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor: Multi-Modality Imaging Evaluation

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Fei Xu1BEF, Zhenghua Xiao2ABDFG, Liqing Peng3B, Chaoyi Qin2BE, Gang Yang4BF, Jun Gu2DF, Yunxia Zuo1AF*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.907641

Am J Case Rep 2018; 19:214-217

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cardiac calcified amorphous tumors (CAT) are rarely presented and featured as calcification and eosinophilic amorphous material in dense collagenous fibrous tissue.

CASE REPORT: Our case report describes a 47-year-old man presenting cardiac CAT with only chronic cough and occasional dizziness. Preoperative multi-modality imaging was used to evaluate it and postoperative histological study was used to confirm the diagnosis. The mass was resected and the patient was fully recovered and discharged on the 7th postoperative day. In the 1-year follow-up, transthoracic echography showed no further pathological changes.

CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac CAT is a non-neoplastic cardiac tumor of unknown etiology. The tumor is commonly an incidental finding and the treatment of choice is complete surgical resection. In this case, we found that that multi-modality images were helpful in evaluating and diagnosing the cardiac CAT.

Keywords: Heart Neoplasms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923