TOPHACEOUS PSEUDOGOUT OF THE MITRAL-VALVE

Authors
MOON MR FANN JI DEEDWANIA PC FERGUSON R KOSEK JC BURDON TA
Citation
Mr. Moon et al., TOPHACEOUS PSEUDOGOUT OF THE MITRAL-VALVE, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 66(3), 1998, pp. 952-954
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
66
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
952 - 954
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1998)66:3<952:TPOTM>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
This report describes a 61-year-old patient on chronic hemodialysis wi th multiple, left-sided, intracardiac masses causing intermittent coro nary obstruction. Mitral valve replacement was performed. Massive depo sition of calcium pyroyhosphate crystals in and around the valve cusps led to the diagnosis of tophaceous pseudogout (tumoral calcinosis) of the mitral valve. (Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:952-4) (C) 1998 by The Soc iety of Thoracic Surgeons.