Open AccessCaseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus: A Rare Cause of Intracardiac Mass
Author(s) -
Anxo Martínez de Alegría,
J. Rubio-Alvarez,
Sandra BaleatoGonzález
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
case reports in radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6862
pISSN - 2090-6870
DOI - 10.1155/2012/596962
Subject(s) - mitral annulus , calcification , intracardiac injection , medicine , annulus (botany) , cardiology , differential diagnosis , cardiac skeleton , radiology , anatomy , pathology , aorta , biology , botany , aortic root , blood pressure , diastole
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare form of periannular calcification with a mass-like appearance, that has to be in the differential of the cardiologist and radiologist. It classically looks like a round or semilunar hyperdense mass with an even denser peripheral rim, located in the posterior mitral annulus and having in general no clinical significance.
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