Long-term follow-up of a rare calcified cardiac tumor: a case report.
We describe a case of cardiac masses (high- and iso-echoic mass) which were detected by echocardiography in a 57-year-old man with cerebral infarction. Because he refused both biopsy and surgery, the patient was treated with an anticoagulant and antibiotic in our outpatient clinic. During 3-year follow-up, the iso-echoic mass disappeared and the high-echoic mass did not change. Thus, we considered the iso-echoic mass a thrombus and the high-echoic mass a benign tumor. Cardiac computed tomography revealed that the high-echoic mass had extensive calcifications like phleboliths, and magnetic resonance imaging pattern coincided with that of hemangiomas. We conclude that the benign tumor/high-echoic mass might be a vascular malformation.
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Naotaka
N
Okamoto
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Naoki
N
Mori
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Yasuharu
Y
Lee
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Daisuke
D
Nakamura
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Takahiro
T
Yoshimura
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Masayuki
M
Taniike
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Nobuhiko
N
Makino
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Hiroyasu
H
Kato
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Yasuyuki
Y
Egami
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Ryu
R
Shutta
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Jun
J
Tanouchi
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan.
Yoshio
Y
Yamada
Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, 1179-3 Nagasone-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 591-8025, Japan. mnishino@orh.go.jp.
Masami
M
Nishino
Cardiac tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography; Vascular malformation