title: Liquefaction necrosis of mitral annulus calcification.
abstract: Liquefaction necrosis of the mitral annulus is a rare form of peri-annular calcification that the cardiologist must be able to differentiate from other cardiac masses. It classically looks like a round or semilunar hyperdense mass with a denser peripheral rim, located mainly in the posterior mitral annulus. The case we report here was diagnosed in a 78-year-old female patient who presented with an embolic cerebral vascular accident, which raises the question of its etiopathogenic responsibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health, Science Center, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Maram
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mallisho
authors.forename: Inyong
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Shadwan F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Alsafwah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016312:Treatment Refusal
keywords: calcification; echocardiography; mitral valve; necrosis