A case of cardiac sarcoidosis with remarkable atrophy of the left ventricular septum on two-dimensional echocardiography.
Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology which mainly affects the lungs, skin, the lymphoreticular system, and the heart. We report a case of cardiac sarcoidosis in which a remarkably thin ventricular septum was demonstrated on two-dimensional echocardiography.
Matsumura
A
A
Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo General Hospital, Japan.
Yanase
O
O
Motomiya
T
T
Tokuyasu
Y
Y
Sakurada
H
H
Nomura
S
S
Teshima
T
T
Hiyoshi
Y
Y
Sugiura
M
M
D001284:Atrophy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*