This chest CT through the middle of the left ventricle (LV) shows some calcification at the base of the mitral valve (MV) focal calcification of the anterior leaflet and and increase density of both leaflets. This patient had no known mitral valve disease and the findings most likely represent dystrophic calcification due to mucinous degeneration.
MITRAL VALVE CALCIFICATION POSSIBLY RHEUMATIC IN ORIGIN
This chest CT through the middle of the left ventricle (LV) shows some calcification at the base of the mitral valve (MV) focal calcification of the anterior leaflet and and increase density of both leaflets. This patient had no known mitral valve disease and the findings most likely represent dystrophic calcification due to mucinous degeneration.
KEY WORDS heart pleural calcification cardiac interventricular septum IVS LV mitral valve calcification rheumatic heart disease probable chronic hemothorax or empyema anemia fx relatively dense interventricular septum due to anemia CT scan 19730 Courtesy Ashley Davidoff MD