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Swinging cardiac calcified amorphous tumour arising from a calcified mitral annulus in a patient with normal renal function
  1. Quentin de Hemptinne1,
  2. Jean-Paul Bar2,
  3. Didier de Cannière3,
  4. Philippe Unger1
  1. 1Department of Cardiology, CHU Saint-Pierre—Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Molière-Longchamp—Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
  3. 3Department of Cardiac Surgery, CHU Saint-Pierre—Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
  1. Correspondence to Professor Philippe Unger, punger{at}ulb.ac.be

Summary

A 67-year-old man was referred to our institution for the management of a left-sided intracardiac mass discovered following two cardioembolic events. Imaging studies revealed a highly mobile mass attached to the ventricular side of a calcified mitral annulus. The mass had not been present on echocardiography 1 year earlier. Surgical resection was performed. Microscopic examination confirmed the diagnosis of a calcified amorphous tumour. The postoperative course was unremarkable, and the patient remains asymptomatic and without recurrence of a mass or neurological event after a 12-month follow-up.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-207401

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