This 23 week old fetus showed a echogenic focus in the left ventricle, within the mitral valve. These ultrasound video clips show the echogenic intracardiac focus in detail despite the cardiac pulsations. These foci are not uncommon in Asians and some statistics state that these may be seen in as many as 30 % of the fetuses in Asians. See: http://www.jultrasoundmed.org/cgi/reprint/17/2/127.pdf
Here is one ultrasound video of this pathology:
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