Asymptomatic Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus in a 66-Year-Old Woman with 3-Year Imaging Follow-Up

Łukasz Turek; Marcin Sadowski; Jacek Kurzawski; Łukasz Piątek; Łukasz Zandecki

doi:10.12659/AJCR.936296

20 April 2022 : Case report Poland

Asymptomatic Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus in a 66-Year-Old Woman with 3-Year Imaging Follow-Up

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Łukasz Turek^1ABCDEF*, Marcin Sadowski^1BCDEF, Jacek Kurzawski

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DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936296

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936296

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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.

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Asymptomatic Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus in a 66-Year-Old Woman with 3-Year Imaging Follow-Up

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