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Published on: June 11, 2019
[A case of cardiac sarcoidosis associated with various clinical symptoms and thrombocytopenia]
N Fujisawa1, O Katoh, T Yamaguchi
1Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan.
Abstract:
A 29-year-old man presented with acute onset of high fever, chest pain and dyspnea. Chest X-ray film showed diffuse interstitial shadows, a cavitary lesion in the left upper lung field and cardiomegaly, but no lymphadenopathy. Abdominal CT scan showed hepatosplenomegaly and multiple small low density areas in the liver and spleen. Electrocardiogram demonstrated multifocal ventricular premature beats and ventricular tachycardia. Cardiac catheterization revealed left ventricular aneurysms. Sarcoidosis was confirmed by lung and liver biopsy. Drug therapy of prednisolone and mexiletine resulted in clinical improvement of symptoms, signs and chest X-ray film, but platelet count decreased gradually. It is suggested that an immune mechanism of sarcoidosis may have been the cause of this thrombocytopenia.
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