@article{299be27c85e848199ae306d71b1f017b,
title = "Calcified amorphous tumor-induced acute cerebral infarction: A case report and histopathologic comparison of calcified amorphous tumor and mitral annular calcification",
abstract = "We report the case of a 38-year-old woman who was admitted for acute cerebral infarction linked to a cardiac calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) and related mitral annular calcification (MAC). The cardiac mass was removed, and mitral valve replacement surgery was performed. Pathological examination revealed an amorphous accumulation of degenerating material within both lesions, indicating that build-up of calcium along the mitral annulus and subsequent rupture of the fibrotic tissue may be involved in the initiation and progression of CAT.",
keywords = "Cardiac tumor, Cardiogenic cerebral embolism, Echocardiography",
author = "Yoshihiro Aizawa and Toshiko Nakai and Yuki Saito and Koyuru Monno and Tomoyuki Morikawa and Rikitake Kogawa and Takumi Hatta and Takehiro Tamaki and Mahoto Kato and Munehito Arimoto and Shunji Osaka and Keishin Sunagawa and Tang, {Xiao Yan} and Masashi Tanaka and Hiroyuki Hao and Atsushi Hirayama",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, International Heart Journal Association. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1536/ihj.17-020",
language = "English",
volume = "59",
pages = "240--242",
journal = "International Heart Journal",
issn = "1349-2365",
publisher = "International Heart Journal Association",
number = "1",
}