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Yunus Nazli1, Necmettin Colak, Inci Asli Atar
1Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Drs. Alpay, Cakir, Colak, and Nazli), Cardiology (Drs. Atar and Eryonucu), and Pathology (Dr. Haltas), Faculty of Medicine, Fatih University, 06510 Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
Calcified amorphous tumor of the heart is a very rare non-neoplastic intracavitary mass. The clinical presentation is similar to that of other cardiac masses. The precise cause and best approach to treatment remain unclear. We describe a case of cardiac calcified amorphous tumor presenting with refractory unilateral vision loss that was successfully treated by surgical excision. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd reported case of retinal arterial embolism due to cardiac calcified amorphous tumor in the English-language literature.
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