General

Osteochondromas, also known as exostoses, are the most common benign tumors of bone and can be classified into isolated and multiple osteochondromas. A great majority of osteochondromas is asymptomatic, painle...

Cardiac calcified amorphous tumors are rare non-neoplastic intracavitary masses. Herein, we report a case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with dyspnea on exertion and multiple cerebral infarctions 3 months prior. Transthoracic echocardiography showed severe mitral regurgitation from the posterior mitral leaflet with valve perforation and severe mitral annular calcification. In addition, we observed a 13 mm mobile high echogenic mass, suggesting healed infective endocarditis. The mass was...

BACKGROUND: Secondary aortoenteric fistula is a rare, highly morbid and often difficult to diagnose, cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. It is associated with prior aortic surgery or placement of a synthetic aortic graft. Our case features staged hybrid endovascular stent-grafting, graft excision, aortoplasty using a bovine pericardial patch, extra-anatomical bypass and complex bowel repair.