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Multimodal imaging of cardiac-calcified amorphous tumor
Kosuke Saku1, Nobuhiro Tahara2, Tohru Takaseya3
1Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, 830-0011, Japan. saku_kousuke@med.kurume-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Cardiac-calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) is a rare non-neoplastic tumor and its origin and pathogenesis are still unclear. In addition, it is difficult to clinically diagnose as cardiac CAT without pathological findings. We present a case of a 78-year-male diagnosed with cardiac CAT after surgical resection. We could evaluate tumor aspects by multimodal imaging including echocardiography, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance image, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/CT before surgery.
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