Multimodality imaging of a giant caseous calcification of the mitral annulus

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2013 Apr;41(3):245-7. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2013.20737.

Abstract

We present an unusual case of giant caseous calcification of the mitral annulus in a 58-year-old female patient. The mass was detected during echocardiography and was defined as a big, round echodense lesion attached to the posterior mitral ring annulus. The patient was further evaluated with a full spectrum of cardiac noninvasive imaging modalities and the diagnosis was confirmed. Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare entity usually diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. Since it is very important to differentiate it from cardiac tumors, complimentary imaging modalities could be used for this purpose if a doubt exists about the diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Embolism / complications
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mitral Valve / pathology
  • Retinal Vessels
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed