Cardiac calcified amorphous tumour
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Calcified amorphous tumour (CAT) is an unusual nonneoplastic cardiac mass that may mimic malignant tumour of the heart (1) or vegetation (2). We report a 43-year-old female with type 1 diabetes and end-stage diabetic kidney disease on haemodialysis, who underwent transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) in the setting of pyrexia and negative blood cultures. No valve-related vegetation was identified. However, a prominent calcified immobile finger-like mass, measuring 23 mm!10 mm, was detected arising from the posterior mitral annulus adjacent to the base of P3 scallop (Fig. 1). Themass did not cause any obstruction to mitral forward flow (mean transmitral gradient 4 mmHg). Imaging of the mitral
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Calcified amorphous tumor of the heart (cardiac CAT) is a rare non- neoplastic cardiac mass with unknown pathogenesis, 12 cases of which have been reported so far. This report presents a 73 year old woman with chest pain complaint continuing since last year. Workup revealed left atrium mass of posterior wall origin . The specimen was a solid calcified nodule with firm consistency and 2.5cm in d...
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