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Interventricular Septal Mass in a Patient with Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Author(s) -
UCHIDA MIO,
SHINOHARA TETSUJI,
TAKAHASHI NAOHIKO,
SAIKAWA TETSUNORI
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02227.x
Subject(s) - medicine , interventricular septum , sarcoidosis , cardiac sarcoidosis , cardiology , basal (medicine) , ventricle , insulin
Myocardial Mass in Sarcoidosis . Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease that may involve multiple organ systems. The prognosis of sarcoidosis is influenced by the presence and severity of cardiac lesions. Thinning of the wall in the ventricular septum has often been reported, whereas an interventricular septal mass is rare. We describe a case of cardiac sarcoidosis resulting in a myocardial mass in the basal portion of the interventricular septum that was sensitive to corticosteroid treatment.