Chunky Mitral Annular Calcification: Caseoma or a Tumor?

Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is relatively common in clinical practice. Females are more often affected than males. Patients with end-stage renal disease have MAC relatively more commonly than the general population. Patients with MAC often develop conduction system disturbances, including adv...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2024-04, Vol.16 (4), p.e58031
Main Authors: Khurana, Sakshi, Gulati, Amit, Rivera Boadla, Marlon E, Tan, Samuel, Katic, Luka, Sharma, Anupam, Vinayak, Manish, Kumar, Kelash, Kumar, Sachin, Hooda, Amit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aortic stenosis
Asymptomatic
Atherosclerosis
Blood clots
Calcification
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Debridement
Embolization
Hemoglobin
Hospitals
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Internal medicine
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medicine
Risk factors
Surgery
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is relatively common in clinical practice. Females are more often affected than males. Patients with end-stage renal disease have MAC relatively more commonly than the general population. Patients with MAC often develop conduction system disturbances, including advanced atrioventricular blocks. They are also more likely to develop various arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. Caseous mitral annulus calcification is a variant of MAC that often looks like a cardiac tumor on an echocardiogram and needs to be differentiated.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.58031