Cardiovascular magnetic resonance features of caseous calcification of the mitral annulus

Lorenzo Monti¹^,2^,3 , Eva Renifilo¹ , Manuel Profili¹ and Luca Balzarini¹

¹Department of Radiology, I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

²Department of Cardiology, I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

³Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy

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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10:25doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-25


Published:	26 May 2008

Abstract

We present two cases of caseous calcification of the mitral annulus studied by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; the diagnostic feature of this rare cardiac mass are described.