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...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6cf79937e103425eaefb2c70c8ad2ec42025-02-03T01:33:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122019-01-01201910.1155/2019/67076906707690Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic EnigmaSimon G. Findlay0Nicholas M. Child1Douglas F. Muir2North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust, Stockton-on-Tees, UKNorth Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust, Stockton-on-Tees, UKThe James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UKIntramyocardial 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6707690 |
| spellingShingle | Simon G. Findlay Nicholas M. Child Douglas F. Muir Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic Enigma Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic Enigma |
| title_full | Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic Enigma |
| title_fullStr | Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic Enigma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic Enigma |
| title_short | Caseous Intracardiac Calcification: A Diagnostic Enigma |
| title_sort | caseous intracardiac calcification a diagnostic enigma |
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