Mitral Annular Caseous Calcification: A Rare Variant of a Common Echocardiographic Finding Discovered with Advanced Imaging Techniques
Author(s) -
William L. Pomeroy,
Brian Markelz,
Kevin Steel,
Ahmad Slim
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2013/972684
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral annulus , computed tomographic angiography , calcification , computed tomographic , mitral valve , cardiology , radiology , coronary artery disease , computed tomography , angiography , diastole , blood pressure
We present the case of a 90-year-old diabetic male and medically managed three-vessel coronary artery disease with evidence of an oval, nonmobile echo-density located on the posterior mitral valve annulus measuring two centimeters in diameter without significant impingement of the mitral valve on initial screening echocardiogram which was initially thought to be prominent mitral annular calcification which was later confirmed to be a rare case of caseoma as confirmed by both cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) as well as coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA).
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