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CMR and CT successfully characterize an incidental LV mass as caseous mitral annular calcification.
Case Report (n=1)
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Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus should be included in the differential diagnosis of intracardiac masses located close to the mitral annulus.
Adds case to sparse perimitral mass literature; leaves open larger studies on prevalence and outcomes.
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus, an uncommon kind of intracardiac mass, is a form of degenerative disease that afflicts the mitral valve causing liquefactive or caseous necrosis. Caseous calcification of mitral annulus is rarely encountered in practice; however, it should be on the list of differential diagnosis of any intracardiac masses located close to the mitral annulus.
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Naik et al. (2024) conducted a case report in Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (n=1). Cardiac MRI and CT was evaluated. Cardiac MRI and CT successfully characterized an incidentally detected left ventricular mass as caseous calcification of the mitral annulus in a 71-year-old woman.
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