Author(s)

Karam Alzuhairi, Tomas Zaremba, Eva Korup

Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.

Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC) is a degenerative process involving the fibrous ring of the mitral valve. Caseous Calcification of Mitral Annulus (CCMA) is a rare variant of MAC. This condition is benign and usually needs no treatment. This is a case report of a 67-year-old woman with non-specific symptoms in whom a cardiac tumor was suspected by transthoracic Echocardiography. The use of multi-modality imaging strategy with transesophageal Echocardiography and cardiac MR scanning revealed however the diagnosis of CCMA and spared the patient an unnecessary operation.

Caseous Calcification of Mitral Annulus; Cardiac Tumors; Cardiac MR

K. Alzuhairi, T. Zaremba and E. Korup, "Multi Modality Imaging for Cardiac Masses Can Avoid Unnecessary Surgical Intervention: A Case Report of Caseous Calcification of Mitral Annulus," International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 4 No. 1, 2013, pp. 41-44. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2013.41009.