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

Rare disease

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

^1BCDEF, Łukasz Piątek^1BCDEF, Łukasz Zandecki

^1BCDEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936296

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936296

Authors information Article notes Copyright and License information

Background Case Report Discussion Conclusions References:

Related articles Order reprints Share article Share by email

View HTML version

Figure 2. Transesophageal echocardiogram, the midesophageal long-axis view showing caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA). CCMA (arrow) appears as an echogenic round mass with well-defined border, located in the region of the mitral annulus with mild acoustic shadow (arrowheads) behind CCMA.

Back to the Article

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

Your Privacy