20 April 2022>: Articles
Asymptomatic Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus in a 66-Year-Old Woman with 3-Year Imaging Follow-Up
Rare disease
Łukasz Turek A* , Marcin Sadowski B , Jacek Kurzawski B , Łukasz Piątek B , Łukasz Zandecki BDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936296
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936296
Figure 1. Transthoracic echocardiogram, the parasternal long-axis view showing caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA). CCMA (arrow) reveals as an echogenic round mass with smooth border in the posterior region of the mitral annulus with mild acoustic shadow (arrowheads) behind CCMA.