Cardiac sarcoid: a chameleon masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy in the same patient

Authors

Anushree Agarwal, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow
Nasir Z. Sulemanjee, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow
Omar Cheema, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow
Francis X. Downey, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow
A Jamil Tajik, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Agarwal A, Sulemanjee NZ, Cheema O, Downey FX, Tajik AJ. Cardiac sarcoid: a chameleon masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy in the same patient. Echocardiography. 2014;31(5):E138-141.

Affiliations

Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Medical Group

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.

Document Type

Case Report

PubMed ID

24506439