Cerebral infarction in right pons during the course of mobile mitral annular calcification-related calcified amorphous tumor during a long time hemodialysis
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- 1 January 2016
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Societas Neurologica Japonica in Rinsho Shinkeigaku
- Vol. 56 (8) , 580-583
Abstract
We report here a 70 year-old male on maintenance hemodialysis who presented non-paralytic pontine exotropia. Brain MRI showed new right pons infarct. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mobile calcification at posterior mitral leaflet with rapid growing compared to 14 days ago. Neurological symptoms disappeared at least 10 days by a treatment with aspirin. Calcification reduced by a follow-up transthoracic echocardiography after 90 days from the beginning of neurological symptoms. We diagonosed him with cerebral infarction during the course of mobile mitral annular calcification-related calcified amorphous tumor. Mobile mitral annular calcification-related calcified amorphous tumor would be a cause of cerebral infarction, we need to be careful to check a transthoracic echocardiography regularly because of necessity.Keywords
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