Case report of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis presenting as hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy-a clinical picture printed on lenticular paper.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) is an inflammatory granulomatous process of the myocardium that can be asymptomatic or have several different clinical phenotypes. One of its rarely described presentations consists of hypertrophy of the septal myocardium, similar to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis that haemodynamically mimics hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) has been rarely described in the literature.

Case summary

A 64-year-old Caucasian female previously diagnosed with non-critical aortic stenosis presented with pre-syncope, and echocardiography showed significant obstruction based on left ventricular outflow tract gradients, confirmed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), concerning for a phenocopy of HCM. Septal myectomy wa

SUBMITTER: Mathias IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8233487 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature