Kaimoto Satoshi, Kawasaki Tatsuya, Yamano Michiyo, Miki Shigeyuki, Kamitani Tadaaki, Sugihara Hiroki
Department of Cardiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Japan.
Intern Med. 2012;51(12):1523-6. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7323. Epub 2012 Jun 15.
Intramyocardial calcification is a very rare condition. We report a case of a 72-year-old man with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who was initially suspected of having a thrombus in the left ventricular apex on echocardiography, but was finally diagnosed as having apical intramyocardial calcification on multidetector computed tomography. The mechanism of developing intramyocardial calcification remains to be elucidated, but the patient has been stable for more than 2 years.
心肌内钙化是一种非常罕见的病症。我们报告一例72岁男性患者，患有心尖肥厚型心肌病，最初经超声心动图检查怀疑左心室心尖部有血栓形成，但最终经多排螺旋计算机断层扫描诊断为心尖部心肌内钙化。心肌内钙化的发病机制尚待阐明，但该患者病情已稳定超过2年。
