Surgical resection of a wavering calcified amorphous tumour of the heart in a 59-year-old haemodialysis patient resulted in an excellent clinical course and prevented embolization.
Case Report (n=1)
Surgical resection of an incidentally found calcified amorphous tumour in a haemodialysis patient was successful in preventing embolization and resulted in an excellent clinical course.
Calcified amorphous tumour is a rare, non-neoplastic, endocardially based, intracavitary cardiac mass. This report describes a 59-year old man in whom a mobile mass was found incidentally in the heart by routine echocardiography after he had been on haemodialysis for 3 years. Transoesophageal echocardiography revealed a high-echoic swinging tumour that originated from the annulus of the anterior commissure of the mitral valve. Surgical resection was performed to prevent embolization, and his clinical course was excellent.
Kawata et al. (Thu,) conducted a case report in Calcified amorphous tumour of the heart (n=1). Surgical resection was evaluated on Clinical course and prevention of embolization. Surgical resection of a wavering calcified amorphous tumour of the heart in a 59-year-old haemodialysis patient resulted in an excellent clinical course and prevented embolization.