Dystrophic calcification of the interventricular septum mimicking cardiac tumour and role of multimodality imaging

Abstract

Myocardial calcifications represent a rare type of myocardial pathology with a wide range of imaging appearances, from focal deposits to diffuse myocardial involvement. Two types of myocardial calcifications are usually recognized.

Dystrophic calcifications represent the sequelae of local tissue damage like degeneration or necrosis.

Keywords

• Dystrophic
• calcification
• interventricular
• septum
• mimicking
• cardiac
• tumour
• role
• multimodality
• imaging