Two cases of cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosed based on biopsy results of the gluteus muscle with focal uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose

Eur Heart J. 2016 Apr 7;37(14):1168. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv608. Epub 2015 Nov 9.

Authors

Tatsunori Takahashi¹, Hideki Okayama², Go Hiasa², Yukio Kazatani²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, 83 Kasuga, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-0024, Japan ryutoku0221@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, 83 Kasuga, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-0024, Japan.

PMID: 26553534
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv608

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Buttocks
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathies / pathology
Echocardiography
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging
Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Sarcoidosis / diagnostic imaging*
Sarcoidosis / pathology

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18