Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus on MDCT: a rare intracardiac mass

Acta Radiologica Short Reports

Najoua Mallat¹  Manel Limeme¹  Houneida Zaghouani¹  Feriel Mootemri²  Senda Majdoub¹  Habib Amara¹  Dejla Bakir¹  Chakib Kraiem¹ 

[1] Department of Radiology, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia

[2] Department of Cardiology, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia

关键词: multidetector computed tomography (MDCT);    echocardiography;    cardiac;    mitral annulus;    Caseous calcification;   

Others  :  923838
DOI  :  10.1177/2047981613502177

 received in 2013-05-07, accepted in 2013-07-29,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare form of chronic degenerative process in the mitral valve fibrous ring with a mass-like appearance that has to be in the differential of the radiologist and cardiologist. We present the case of an 82-year-old woman in whom a tumor-like calcified mass in the posterior side of the mitral valve annulus was detected at echocardiography, and the diagnosis of caseous calcification was confirmed on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). The diagnostic features of this rare cardiac mass are described.

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