Surgery Experience with Calcified Amorphous Tumor of the Mitral Valve Complicated by Infective Endocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cardiac calcified amorphous tumors (CAT) are non-neoplastic cardiac lesions composed of calcified nodules. These lesions are associated with underlying factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and end-stage renal dysfunction. However, its association with infective endocarditis remains unclear.

Case presentation

The patient was a 72-year-old woman with a medical history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. However, no renal dysfunction was observed. For the past 2 months, she had been prescribed antibiotics for low-grade fever. The patient exhibited signs of cerebral and splenic infarctions, along with a vegetative mitral valve apparatus. Cardiac CT showed a posterior leaflet with a tumor-like appea

SUBMITTER: Iwamoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12665459 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature