Caseous Calcifications of Mitral Annulus as an Unusual Cause of Cardioembolic Stroke in a 40-Year-Old Man

Caseous calcification of mitral annulus (CCMA) is a rare variant of mitral annular calcification. Previously thought to have been a benign condition, CCMA may be a potential source of cardioembolic stroke. We present a case of a 40-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis and hypert...

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Autores principales: Tan, Jian Liang, Finkel, Jonathan, Geller, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6150772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30254804
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3015
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description Caseous calcification of mitral annulus (CCMA) is a rare variant of mitral annular calcification. Previously thought to have been a benign condition, CCMA may be a potential source of cardioembolic stroke. We present a case of a 40-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis and hypertension who presented with acute onset of visual blurring and headache and was diagnosed with cardioembolic stroke secondary to CCMA. It is imperative for the echocardiographers to recognize the typical features of CCMA and to differentiate it from other common causes for appropriate intervention.
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spelling pubmed-61507722018-09-25 Caseous Calcifications of Mitral Annulus as an Unusual Cause of Cardioembolic Stroke in a 40-Year-Old Man Tan, Jian Liang Finkel, Jonathan Geller, Charles Cureus Cardiology Caseous calcification of mitral annulus (CCMA) is a rare variant of mitral annular calcification. Previously thought to have been a benign condition, CCMA may be a potential source of cardioembolic stroke. We present a case of a 40-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis and hypertension who presented with acute onset of visual blurring and headache and was diagnosed with cardioembolic stroke secondary to CCMA. It is imperative for the echocardiographers to recognize the typical features of CCMA and to differentiate it from other common causes for appropriate intervention. Cureus 2018-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6150772/ /pubmed/30254804 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3015 Text en Copyright © 2018, Tan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Caseous Calcifications of Mitral Annulus as an Unusual Cause of Cardioembolic Stroke in a 40-Year-Old Man
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