title: [Calcified amorpheus tumour of the heart as the cause of near syncope].
abstract: Calcified amorphoeus tumour of the heart (cardiac CAT) is a rare non-neoplastic tumour of the heart. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of cardiac CAT in Scandinavia. The patient was a 55-year-old woman with obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, a history of smoking, and a family history of ischaemic heart disease. She presented with dyspnoea and near syncope. The tumour was resected, and cytopathology was preformed on its content. Based on the cytopathology, the pathologist concluded that the tumour most likely was cardiac CAT, though a calcified myxoma could not be excluded with certainty.
authors.affiliation: Kardiologisk Endokrinologisk Afdeling H, Hillerød Hospital, Dyrehavevej 29, Hillerød. jannikjannik@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jannik Langtved
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pallisgaard
authors.forename: Torben Nicolai
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Buch
authors.forename: Eva Bjerre
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Søndergaard
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tønder
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography