title: Wavering calcified amorphous tumour of the heart in a haemodialysis patient.
abstract: Calcified amorphous tumour is a rare, non-neoplastic, endocardially based, intracavitary cardiac mass. This report describes a 59-year old man in whom a mobile mass was found incidentally in the heart by routine echocardiography after he had been on haemodialysis for 3 years. Transoesophageal echocardiography revealed a high-echoic swinging tumour that originated from the annulus of the anterior commissure of the mitral valve. Surgical resection was performed to prevent embolization, and his clinical course was excellent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. dqh07724@nifty.ne.jp
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: Hakuoh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daida
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome