Caseous Calcification of the Mitral Annulus: A Rare Cause of Intracardiac Mass

Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus on MDCT: a rare intracardiac mass

Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare form of chronic degenerative process in the mitral valve fibrous ring with a mass-like appearance that has to be in the differential of the radiologist and cardiologist. We present the case of an 82-year-old woman in whom a tumor-like calcified mass in the posterior side of the mitral valve annulus was detected at echocardiography, and the d...

Lipomatous metaplasia. Two chronic infarcts in the same patient detected by cardiac magnetic resonance.

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Multimodality imaging assessment of a rare intracardiac mass: caseous calcification of the mitral valve annulus.

Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus: a multi-modality imaging perspective.

Mitral annulus calcification is a common echocardiographic finding, particularly in the elderly and in end-stage renal disease patients under chronic dialysis. Caseous calcification or liquefaction necrosis of mitral annulus calcification is a rare evolution of mitral annular calcification. Early recognition of this entity avoids an invasive diagnostic approach, since it is benign and, unlike i...

[Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus, a rare echocardiographic finding].

Caseous calcification of mitral annulus, also known as caseoma, is a rare echocardiographic finding. Because it often presents asymptomatically, the diagnosis is usually incidental. The condition arises due to caseous degeneration in the internal material of the mitral annulus calcification. On echocardiography, the calcification is a round mass with a central echolucent area, typically located...