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Cardiac calcification due to myocardial abscess
Journal of the Canadian Association of Radiologists
|June 1, 1975
Summary
Dense calcification of an old abscess in the left ventricular wall was found in a patient with valvular disease. This rare finding of calcified myocardial infection has not been previously reported in medical literature.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Pathology
Background:
- Myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, can arise in diverse clinical contexts.
- Infection of the heart muscle, particularly abscess formation, can lead to significant cardiac complications.
- Calcification within infected cardiac tissue is an uncommon sequela.