[Cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosed by thoracoscopically resected lung nodule: report of a case].
A 71-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with general fatigue and dyspnea. Emergency pacemaker implantation was performed after diagnosis of complete AV block. After 1 month, a small lung nodule, which had been 10 mm in diameter 1 year ago, was revealed to have grown to 15 mm in diameter by CT scan. Thoracoscopical resection of the lung nodule resulted in sarcoidosis. Abnormality in the posteroinferior heart was detected by 99mTC-PYP myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and it was diagnosed as cardiac sarcoidosis.
Ishibashi
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Akamatsu
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Sunamori
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D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013906:Thoracoscopy