Multiple cerebral infarctions due to calcified amorphous tumor growing rapidly from an antecedent infection and decreasing rapidly by detachment of fibrin and antithrombotic drugs: a case report
Abstract Background Calcified amorphous tumor (CAT) of the heart is a rare non-neoplastic intracardiac mass, a calcium deposition surrounded by amorphous fibrous tissue, and possibly causes cerebral embolism. Even rarer is CAT associated with infection, and no CAT with antecedent infection has been...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Neurology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-022-02918-5 |