Caseous mitral annular calcification mimicking a lung tumor on chest X-ray

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

关键词: Lung mass;    lung cancer;    mitral annular calcification;    posterior mitral annular calcification;   

DOI  :  0.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_416_16

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a common condition of the mitral valve apparatus. A case involving caseous calcification, a rare variant of MAC is presented. This variant which has a benign course can present as an intracardiac mass and needs to be differentiated from more sinister causes of calcified cardiac masses such as tumor, abscess, and infective vegetation. Often, this requires multimodality imaging with echocardiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Features of caseous calcification of the mitral valve on these imaging modalities are reviewed as the associations and clinical features.

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