Fulminant cardiac sarcoidosis resembling giant cell myocarditis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) can share clinical and histopathologic features with giant cell myocarditis (GCM).

Case summary

A 56-year-old female presented with 1 week of exertional chest pressure and dyspnoea. Echocardiogram demonstrated extensive regional dysfunction with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 38%. Cardiac catheterization revealed no obstructive coronary artery disease and cardiac index 1.5 L/min/m². Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated diffuse late gadolinium enhancement. Positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) (FDG-PET) computed tomography showed FDG uptake in the anteroseptal and anterior wall and no extracardiac activity. Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) demonstrated fragments of endocardial fi

SUBMITTER: Jiang GY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7947824 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature