Swinging calcified amorphous tumour in the ascending aorta.
Aortic root
Cardiac tumours
Embolization
Journal
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
ISSN: 1873-734X
Titre abrégé: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8804069
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 07 2022
11 07 2022
Historique:
received:
08
03
2022
revised:
04
06
2022
accepted:
29
06
2022
pubmed:
2
7
2022
medline:
16
7
2022
entrez:
1
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A 70-year-old woman with heart failure and end-stage renal disease on dialysis was found to have a 2.9 cm × 0.9 cm swinging mass attached to the posterior wall of the ascending aorta, 3 cm above the aortic valve. Due to the risk of embolization, she underwent an aortotomy and mass excision. The mass had extensive calcifications with degenerative changes and no evidence of malignancy. This represents an exceedingly rare location for a calcified amorphous tumour. Our review adds to the literature establishing the proximal aorta as a characterized location for a calcified amorphous tumour and provides a treatment approach to prevent embolization.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35775901
pii: 6625653
doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac376
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.