Images that TeachFrom the clinical spectrum of myocardial calcification to a cardiovascular imaging perspective
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Case Report
Myocardial calcifications represent a rare entity of myocardial pathology. They may be classified in two principle forms: dystrophic and metastatic. The former represents the sequelae of local tissue damage like necrosis or degeneration, whereas the latter is the result of abnormal calcium-phosphate homeostasis due to renal failure, primary hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency and inflammatory processes.1,2 Laboratory tests including serum calcium, phosphate, parathyroid hormone, thyroid
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