A 65-Year-Old Male With Classic Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Natalia Moguillansky; Ronny Samra; Peter A Drew; Diego Moguillansky

doi:10.7759/cureus.31705

A 65-Year-Old Male With Classic Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cureus. 2022 Nov 20;14(11):e31705. doi: 10.7759/cureus.31705. eCollection 2022 Nov.

Authors

Natalia Moguillansky¹, Ronny Samra², Peter A Drew³, Diego Moguillansky⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Florida Health, Gainesville, USA.
² College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Internal Medicine, University of Florida Health Congenital Heart Center, Gainesville, USA.

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease characterized by the formation of non-necrotizing granulomas, primarily involving the lungs and other organs such as the heart. The diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis can be difficult. The last set of diagnostic guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis was published in 2019 by the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS). We describe a case of classic cardiac sarcoidosis and review the literature on clinical presentation, imaging, and management.

Keywords: cardiac fdg-pet; cardiac mri; cardiac sarcoidosis; mri cardiac; transthoracic echocardiogram.

Publication types

Case Reports