Calcified amorphous tumor presenting with rapid growth in the ascending aorta

Soshi Yoshida; Shigeki Koizumi; Shigeo Hara; Hideki Tsubota; Tadaaki Koyama

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.08.006

Calcified amorphous tumor presenting with rapid growth in the ascending aorta

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Sep 2;6(4):671-673. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.08.006. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Soshi Yoshida¹, Shigeki Koizumi¹, Shigeo Hara², Hideki Tsubota¹, Tadaaki Koyama¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
² Department of Pathology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.

Abstract

A calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) is a rare, non-neoplastic cardiac mass frequently located in cardiac chambers, especially the mitral valve or annulus. Here, we report an exceedingly rare case of CAT as an atypical mobile mass in the ascending aorta in a 62-year-old man who was on hemodialysis for 11 years. The CAT grew rapidly within 3 months. We resected the mass, and he was discharged with no complications. This report shows that the CAT can grow rapidly, even in the aorta, and provides important information on the progression of this rare disease and its clinical features.

Keywords: Aorta; Calcified amorphous tumor; Cardiac tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports