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Case Reports
. 2016 May;33(5):796-798.
doi: 10.1111/echo.13161.

A Calcified Amorphous Tumor Originating in the Sinus of Valsalva

Yusuke Watanabe  1 , Toru Naganuma  1 , Tatsuya Nakao  2 , Sunao Nakamura  1
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A Calcified Amorphous Tumor Originating in the Sinus of Valsalva

Yusuke Watanabe et al. Echocardiography. 2016 May.

Abstract

An 81-year-old male with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis was admitted to our hospital for congestive heart failure secondary to severe aortic stenosis. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a 15.3 × 9.9 mm calcified mass in the sinus of Valsalva. The tumor was diagnosed as a calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) by histologic examination. This is the first report of a CAT that originated in the sinus of Valsalva.

Keywords: calcified amorphous tumor; cardiac tumor; sinus of Valsalva.

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