[Cerebral infarction in right pons during the course of mobile mitral annular calcification-related calcified amorphous tumor during a long time hemodialysis]

Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2016 Aug 31;56(8):580-3. doi: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-000895. Epub 2016 Jul 29.
[Article in Japanese]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Calcinosis / complications*
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
  • Echocardiography
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Exotropia / etiology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pons* / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors