title: Detecting cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis: a call for prospective studies of newer imaging techniques.
abstract: Diagnosis of cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis is challenging and usually relies on a combination of clinical findings and imaging abnormalities. The case of a 53-yr-old female is described who presented with ventricular tachycardia and suspected angiosarcoma involving the right atrium and superior vena cava. A combination of magnetic resonance imaging and (18)F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography were essential to the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis. Reversibility of the disease was predicted more clearly by (18)F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography than by magnetic resonance imaging, and clinical activity was predicted by persistent hypermetabolism on serial (18)F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical CareMedicine, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pandya
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Brunken
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tchou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schoenhagen
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Culver
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18