title: Amorphous calcific tumor of the mitral annulus echocardiographically mimicking a vegetation.
abstract: We describe echocardiographic findings in an elderly patient with histologically proven amorphous tumor involving the posterior mitral annulus, mimicking a vegetation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Vatsal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Inamdar
authors.forename: Francis E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Wanat
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Koteswara R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Pothineni
authors.forename: Manjula V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Burri
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimmler
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*