Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2013)

Mitral Annular Caseous Calcification: A Rare Variant of a Common Echocardiographic Finding Discovered with Advanced Imaging Techniques

  • William L. Pomeroy,
  • Brian Markelz,
  • Kevin Steel,
  • Ahmad M. Slim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/972684
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2013

Abstract

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We present the case of a 90-year-old diabetic male and medically managed three-vessel coronary artery disease with evidence of an oval, nonmobile echo-density located on the posterior mitral valve annulus measuring two centimeters in diameter without significant impingement of the mitral valve on initial screening echocardiogram which was initially thought to be prominent mitral annular calcification which was later confirmed to be a rare case of caseoma as confirmed by both cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) as well as coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA).