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A calcified right atrial mass was incidentally discovered on an abdominal CT scan in an asymptomatic 59-year-old man and evaluated as a cardiac calcified amorphous tumor.
This case report describes the incidental finding and evaluation of a calcified amorphous tumor in the right atrium.
Incidental right atrial calcified masses warrant multimodality evaluation; leaves open natural history and management of calcified amorphous tumors.
A 59-year-old asymptomatic man underwent an evaluation after a calcified right atrial (RA) mass was incidentally discovered on an abdominal CT scan ( Panel A ) that was performed for an unrelated indication. He was a smoker and had previous laparoscopic cholecystectomy and right hip replacement. Physical examination was unremarkable apart from a 2/6 systolic murmur at the …
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Padang et al. (2016) studied this question. A calcified right atrial mass was incidentally discovered on an abdominal CT scan in an asymptomatic 59-year-old man and evaluated as a cardiac calcified amorphous tumor.
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