Cardiac calcified amorphous tumor in a patient with colon cancer

Multimodality imaging using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), cardiac computed tomography (CT), and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). TEE demonstrating a pedunculated mobile calcified mass (0.7  × 0.5 cm) attached to posterior of mitral valve (MV) annulus (A and B). Cardiac CT demonstrating mitral annular calcification (MAC) and calcified mass attached to MV annulus (C). CMR demonstrating the mass with low signal intensity on T2-weighted images (D), with no perfusion in the first pa ss perfusion sequences (E) and no enhancement in the late-enhancement sequences (F). Key Clinical MessageAlthough one of the most important differential diagnoses of cardiac masses in cancer patients is metastasis from the underlying tumor, it may also be caused by benign etiologies. In this article, we describe cardiac calcified amorphous tumor, which is one of the benign causes of cardiac masses, in a patient with colon cancer.
Source: Clinical Case Reports - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: CASE IMAGE Source Type: research