Hatipoğlu Akpınar Suzan, Bakal Ruken Bengi, Güler Ahmet, Ozdemir Nihal
Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2013 Apr;41(3):245-7. doi: 10.5543/tkda.2013.20737.
We present an unusual case of giant caseous calcification of the mitral annulus in a 58-year-old female patient. The mass was detected during echocardiography and was defined as a big, round echodense lesion attached to the posterior mitral ring annulus. The patient was further evaluated with a full spectrum of cardiac noninvasive imaging modalities and the diagnosis was confirmed. Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare entity usually diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. Since it is very important to differentiate it from cardiac tumors, complimentary imaging modalities could be used for this purpose if a doubt exists about the diagnosis.
我们报告了一例58岁女性患者二尖瓣环巨大干酪样钙化的罕见病例。该肿块在超声心动图检查时被发现,表现为附着于二尖瓣后环的一个大的圆形回声致密病变。对该患者进一步采用了全套心脏无创成像检查方法进行评估,确诊了该病例。二尖瓣环干酪样钙化是一种罕见病症,通常通过经胸超声心动图诊断。由于将其与心脏肿瘤鉴别非常重要,因此如果对诊断存在疑问,可使用补充成像检查方法来进行鉴别。