Bitar Zouheir Ibrahim, Maadarani Ossama Sajeh, Rajendran Harikrishna, Al Hamdan Rashed Juma, Elhabibi Mohamed Elsayed
Internal Medicine Department, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait.
Radiology Department, Ahmadi Hospital, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait.
Eur J Case Rep Intern Med. 2023 Jul 30;10(9):004000. doi: 10.12890/2023_004000. eCollection 2023.
Mitral annulus calcification is a common incidental finding in echocardiography examination of predisposed populations. On the other hand, caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare variant that challenges the physician to differentiate it from different causes of cardiac masses. We describe a case of incidentally discovered caseous calcification confirmed with CT cardiac and cardiac magnetic resonance.
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus is a rare condition.An important differential diagnosis is cardiac tumours and myocardial abscesses.Cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are important in confirming the diagnosis, and assessing the extent and location of annular calcium.
二尖瓣环钙化是超声心动图检查易感人群时常见的偶然发现。另一方面,二尖瓣环干酪样钙化是一种罕见的变异情况,这给医生将其与心脏肿块的不同病因相鉴别带来了挑战。我们描述了一例通过心脏CT和心脏磁共振确诊的偶然发现的干酪样钙化病例。
二尖瓣环干酪样钙化是一种罕见病症。重要的鉴别诊断包括心脏肿瘤和心肌脓肿。心脏计算机断层扫描和心脏磁共振成像对于确诊以及评估瓣环钙化的范围和位置很重要。