Key result
A sterile, caseous mitral valve abscess can clinically mimic infective endocarditis.
Design
Case_report
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Clinicians should consider caseous calcification in the differential of mitral valve masses mimicking endocarditis; this case report leaves open questions of prevalence and imaging criteria.
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Gilbert et al. (1997) studied this question. A sterile, caseous mitral valve abscess can clinically mimic infective endocarditis.
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