Interventricular septal thickening as an early manifestation of cardiac sarcoidosis

Int Heart J. 2014;55(2):181-3. doi: 10.1536/ihj.13-243. Epub 2014 Mar 14.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of cardiac sarcoidosis demonstrated by interventricular septal thickening. A 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with sarcoidosis involving the lungs, eyes, and skin. Three years later, renal dysfunction was detected during a periodic examination and a renal biopsy revealed non-caseating granulomas. Electrocardiogram results were normal, but an echocardiogram revealed thickening of the interventricular septum. Abnormal accumulation of gallium-67 and a perfusion defect in tecnetium-99-methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigrams occurred in the interventricular septum. Magnetic resonance images showed T2-high intensity in the lesion. We considered the thickening to represent cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis. Oral prednisolone therapy diminished the interventricular septal thickening.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy / diagnosis
  • Hypertrophy / drug therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / methods
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Ventricular Septum / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Septum / pathology*

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Prednisolone