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Calcified amorphous tumor in left atrium presenting with cerebral infarction

Jong Hui Suh, Jong Bum Kwon, Kuhn Park, Chan Beom Park

Abstract

Calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) of the heart is an extremely rare cardiac mass. We describe a case of cardiac CAT in a 70-year-old Korean female who presented with acute onset dysarthria and right side weakness. Echocardiography and chest computed tomography revealed a left atrial mass that originated from the interatrial septum. The patient underwent surgical resection and pathologic examination demonstrated CAT. Postoperative course was uneventful and she was followed without recurrence.

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