title: Cardiac sarcoid: a chameleon masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy in the same patient.
abstract: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, granulomatous disease of unknown etiology often seen in young adults, with cardiac involvement in more than one-quarter of sarcoid patients. The clinical presentation of cardiac sarcoid depends upon the location and extent of myocardium involved. Although cardiac sarcoid may produce asymmetrical septal hypertrophy, it is most commonly considered in the differential diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy. The hypertrophic stage of cardiac sarcoid is rarely seen. We describe a case of cardiac sarcoid in a young patient wherein a distinctive appearance of the cardiac sarcoid spectrum from "hypertrophic" stage to thinned/scarred stage, masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy followed by dilated cardiomyopathy, is demonstrated.
authors: Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
authors: Anushree
authors: A
authors: Agarwal
authors: Nasir Z
authors: NZ
authors: Sulemanjee
authors: Omar
authors: O
authors: Cheema
authors: Francis X
authors: FX
authors: Downey
authors: A Jamil
authors: AJ
authors: Tajik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; sarcoid