Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic Enigma

Intramyocardial calcification is a rare phenomenon often only discovered on postmortem. We describe the case of a healthy 69-year-old lady diagnosed with idiopathic caseous intracardiac calcification extending from the mitral valve annulus. We present high-quality images and propose an investigatory...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Findlay, Simon G., Child, Nicholas M., Muir, Douglas F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6487139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31110822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6707690
Descripción
Sumario:Intramyocardial calcification is a rare phenomenon often only discovered on postmortem. We describe the case of a healthy 69-year-old lady diagnosed with idiopathic caseous intracardiac calcification extending from the mitral valve annulus. We present high-quality images and propose an investigatory template for future cases.

Ejemplares similares