Detecting Cardiac Sarcoidosis with a Right Atrial Mass Using Transthoracic Echocardiography.
Intern Med
; 55(4): 359-63, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
An asymptomatic 40-year-old woman with a first-degree atrioventricular block presented a right atrial mass in transthoracic echocardiograms. Transesophageal echocardiograms showed abnormally thickened tissue on the interatrial septum, which extended around the aortic annulus. Multimodality examinations demonstrated lesions in the heart, lungs, liver, and spleen, suggesting sarcoidosis. She was diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis after we detected granulomas in a lung specimen. A right atrial mass shrunk following steroid therapy. We should therefore consider the possibility of cardiac sarcoidosis when we see wall thickening and a mass echo in the atrium. These signs may point to an early-phase lesion of cardiac sarcoidosis.
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01-internacional
Temas:
Geral
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sarcoidose
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Prednisolona
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Ecocardiografia
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Bloqueio Atrioventricular
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Átrios do Coração
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Anti-Inflamatórios
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Cardiomiopatias
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Intern Med
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão