Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor

Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor

Cardiac calcified amorphous tumor is a rare pseudoneoplastic intracavitary mass composed of calcium deposits in a background of amorphous degenerating fibrin. We report occurrence of this lesion in the right atrium in two male patients. These were accompanied by calcific occlusion of the inferior ve...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiac surgery 2010-01, Vol.25 (1), p.32-35
Hauptverfasser: Vaideeswar, Pradeep, Karunamurthy, Arivarasan, Patwardhan, Anil M., Hira, Priya, Raut, Abhijit R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute Kidney Injury - etiology
Adult
Atrium
Calcinosis - pathology
Calcinosis - surgery
Calcium
Cardiomyopathies - pathology
Cardiomyopathies - surgery
Deposits
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
fibrin
Fibrosis - pathology
Heart
Heart Atria - pathology
Heart Neoplasms - pathology
Heart Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Lung
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Occlusion
Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:Cardiac calcified amorphous tumor is a rare pseudoneoplastic intracavitary mass composed of calcium deposits in a background of amorphous degenerating fibrin. We report occurrence of this lesion in the right atrium in two male patients. These were accompanied by calcific occlusion of the inferior vena cava and right pulmonary artery. (J Card Surg 2010;25:32‐35)
ISSN:0886-0440
1540-8191
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00943.x