Cardiac imaging in the evaluation of mitral annulus caseous calcification.
The current case report illustrates a comprehensive assessment with different imaging techniques, as echocardiography, magnetic resonance and computer tomography, of a rare cardiac mass known as caseous calcification of mitral annulus. Transesophageal echocardiography was able to identify and characterize the caseous calcification of mitral annulus.
Di Bella
Gianluca
G
Carerj
Scipione
S
Andò
Giuseppe
G
Minutoli
Fabio
F
Celona
Antonio
A
Coglitore
Sebastiano
S
Arrigo
Francesco
F
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008943:Mitral Valve; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed