DOI: 10.12890/2023_004000

Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus: mimicking a cardiac mass.

Authors

  • Zouheir Bitar Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Ossama Sajeh Maadarani Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait 0000-0003-3658-4709
  • Harikrishna Rajendran Radiology Department, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Rashed Juma Al Hamdan Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
  • Mohamed Elhabibi Critical Care Unit, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait

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Keywords

echocardiography, cardiac mass, mitral annular calcification

Abstract

Mitral annulus calcification is a common incidental finding in echocardiography examination of predisposed populations. On the other hand, caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare variant that challenges the physician to differentiate it from different causes of cardiac masses. We describe a case of incidentally discovered caseous calcification confirmed with CT cardiac and cardiac magnetic resonance.

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2023-07-30

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Vol. 10 No. 9 (2023)

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Bitar Z, Maadarani OS, Rajendran H, Al Hamdan RJ, Elhabibi M. Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus: mimicking a cardiac mass. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2023 Jul. 30 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];10(9). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/4000

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