Large Calcified Mass on the Mitral Annulus

Nobuhisa Watanabe; Manabu Taniguchi; Takeshi Maruo; Masato Murakami; Norihisa Tou; Yasuharu Tanabe; Katsumasa Miyaji; Kengo Kusano; Norio Koide; Tohru Ohe

doi:10.2303/jecho.3.123

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Large Calcified Mass on the Mitral Annulus

Nobuhisa Watanabe, Manabu Taniguchi, Takeshi Maruo, Masato Murakami, Norihisa Tou, Yasuharu Tanabe, Katsumasa Miyaji, Kengo Kusano, Norio Koide, Tohru Ohe

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Nobuhisa Watanabe
Department of Central Clinical Laboratory, Okayama University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry
Manabu Taniguchi
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Takeshi Maruo
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Masato Murakami
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Norihisa Tou
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Yasuharu Tanabe
Department of Central Clinical Laboratory, Okayama University Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry
Katsumasa Miyaji
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Kengo Kusano
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Norio Koide
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry
Tohru Ohe
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

Keywords: transthoracic echocardiography, caseous calcification, mitral annulus

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2005 Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 123-124

DOI https://doi.org/10.2303/jecho.3.123

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Abstract

We report a case with a large calcified mass on the posterior annulus of the mitral valve. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed a large, round, and echo-dense mass with central echolucencies resembling liquefaction. TTE was useful in establishing the diagnosis of caseous calcification of the mitral annulus.

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