[Cardial sarcoidosis: fibrosing granulomatous myocarditis].
Report of an unusually advanced, fibrosing, granulomatous myocarditis due to generalized sarcoidosis which presented itself clinically as a congestive cardiomyopathy in a 45-year-old man with a one-year's remission before death. Clinically cardiac sarcoidosis takes often a silent course. There is no exact information on its true incidence. Sudden death is not uncommon, mostly in young and middle-aged adults of either sex. Various cardiac structures may be damaged, especially the ventricular septal myocardium. The diagnosis is seldom established clinically; histological evaluation of specimens from other organs may be indicative. The response to antiarrhythmic agents and corticosteroids is considered with sepsis.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
Kardiale Sarkoidose: Narbenbildende granulomatöse Myokarditis.