Open AccessCaseoma: A rare echocardiographic finding of mitral annulus
Author(s) -
Ekrem Şahan,
Suzan Şahan,
Murat Karamanlıoğlu,
Murat Gül,
Omaç Tüfekçioğlu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2405-819X
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2017.05.006
Subject(s) - mitral annulus , medicine , calcification , cardiology , mitral valve , annulus (botany) , radiology , diastole , blood pressure , botany , biology
Caseoma (caseous calcification of mitral annulus) is rare variant of common echocardiographic finding. Chronic caseous degeneration in the internal material of mitral annular calcification is the underlying mechanism of this condition. On the echocardiographic evaluation, the calcification is around the mass with central echolucent area, typically located at the base of the posterior leaflet. This echocardiographic finding can be mistaken for cardiac tumors, vegetations or abscesses