Intramyocardial Calcification in a Patient with Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Intramyocardial calcification is a very rare condition. We report a case of a 72-year-old man with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who was initially suspected of having a thrombus in the left ventricular apex on echocardiography, but was finally diagnosed as having apical intramyocardial calcifi...

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Published inInternal Medicine Vol. 51; no. 12; pp. 1523 - 1526
Main Authors Kaimoto, Satoshi, Kawasaki, Tatsuya, Yamano, Michiyo, Miki, Shigeyuki, Kamitani, Tadaaki, Sugihara, Hiroki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 01.01.2012
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Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis - pathology
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - pathology
echocardiography
Humans
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
intramyocardial calcification
Male
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Myocardium - pathology
Ultrasonography
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Summary:Intramyocardial calcification is a very rare condition. We report a case of a 72-year-old man with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who was initially suspected of having a thrombus in the left ventricular apex on echocardiography, but was finally diagnosed as having apical intramyocardial calcification on multidetector computed tomography. The mechanism of developing intramyocardial calcification remains to be elucidated, but the patient has been stable for more than 2 years.
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ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7323