Cardiac sarcoidosis masquerading as a metastatic tumor: The role of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography - 12/09/11
Doi : 10.1016/S0894-7317(05)80020-3
Ian I. Joffe, MD, Craig Lampert, MD, Larry E. Jacobs, MD ⁎, Alyson N. Owen, MD, Alfred Ioli, RDCS, Morris N. Kotler, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
*Reprint requests: Larry E. Jacobs, MD, Director of Echocardiography Laboratory, Albert Einstein Medical Center, 363 Klein Bldg., 5401 Old York Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19141.
Abstract |
We present an unusual case of biopsy-proven myocardial sarcoidosis in which the transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic findings suggested metastatic tumor involvement of the myocardium and pericardium. The pathologic, clinical, and echocardiographic features of cardiac sarcoidosis are reviewed, with emphasis on the role of echocardiography.
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Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Vol 8 - N° 6
P. 933-937 - novembre 1995 Retour au numéro
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