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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 B

DOI: 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.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923