Diagnostic dilemma between probable cardiac sarcoidosis and non-granulomatous myocarditis: a grand round case report
Tulluru Ravi Sankar, M Ananthakrishna, A Arpudh Michael, P Sirish Chandra Srinath, T Viji Samuel · 2026
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Ravi Sankar and four co-authors report a hard heart diagnosis case, in work from twenty twenty-six. Cardiac sarcoidosis is immune harm to the heart that can mimic other inflamed heart diseases. Telling it apart from plain myocarditis is tough, and true steroid resistance is rare.
Their patient was a woman aged forty-three with body wide sarcoidosis and a weak, enlarged heart. A glucose scan showed diffuse heart uptake and was read as likely cardiac sarcoidosis. She worsened despite heart drugs and immune suppression, and died in shock with kidney failure. Tissue after death showed active myocarditis with no granulomas. The case warns against over trusting one scan.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tulluru Ravi Sankar, M Ananthakrishna, A Arpudh Michael, P Sirish Chandra Srinath, T Viji Samuel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |