Case reportSwinging Calcified Amorphous Tumors With Related Mitral Annular Calcification
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Patient 1
A 66-year-old woman who had been on hemodialysis for 21 years because of diabetic nephropathy was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of arteriosclerosis obliterans. A chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a calcified mitral annulus. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography revealed a 15 mm highly mobile left atrial mass attached to the posterior MAC. Additional transesophageal echocardiography also revealed a 15 mm high-echoic mobile mass adherent to the posterior MAC. Because of
Comment
Among cardiac CATs, MAC-related CAT is extremely rare, and only a few cases have been reported 2, 3, 4. Almost all patients with MAC-related mobile components (including those with MAC-related CATs) suffered from hemodialyzed end-stage renal disease, and the mobile components apparently mimicked valve vegetation 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Mitral annular calcification is a common degenerative disorder in the elderly, particularly in women and patients with kidney disease 7, 8. In our cases, all 3 patients
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