Infective endocarditis and caseous calcification of the mitral annulus: the odd couple.
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is an infrequent echocardiographic finding. The differential diagnosis includes other entities like tumors, abscess or thrombus. Both cardiac CT and cardiac MRI may be useful for its definitive diagnosis.
Unidad de Imagen, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Esmeralda
E
Capín
Unidad de Imagen, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Diego
D
León
Unidad de Imagen, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
María Luisa
ML
Rodríguez
Unidad de Imagen, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Cecilia
C
Corros
Unidad de Imagen, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Ana
A
García-Campos
Unidad de Imagen, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Jesús
J
de la Hera
Unidad de Imagen, Área del Corazón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Electronic address: mmartinf7@hotmail.com.
María
M
Martín
D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae
3D echocardiography; Calcificación caseosa del anillo mitral; Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus; Ecocardiograma 3D; Endocarditis