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Cardiac sarcoidosis presenting as multiple right intra-atrial masses mimicking cardiac tumor
Jay Gohri1, Harshvardhan Luthra2, Khushboo Qureshi3
1Department of Medicine, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Background:
Cardiac sarcoidosis though in itself, a rare entity, very rarely presents primarily with conduction abnormalities as the primary manifestation in the spectrum of presentations accounted by this chronic granulomatous systemic disease. Sarcoidosis presenting as intra-atrial masses is virtually unheard of.
Case:
A middle aged female presented with progressive conduction system disease was found to have right atrial masses of unclear etiologic on relevant imaging. Over the course of 3 months she underwent a dual-chamber ICD implant for her eventual complete heart block and a surgical resection following an inconclusive biopsy of the right atrial free wall mass. She was then diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis and started on immunosupressants almost instantaneously as a part of her treatment.
Conclusion:
This is an entirely new and unreported presentation of cardiac sarcoidosis as an intra-atrial mass. Through this case we bring light to cardiac sarcoidosis as a potential differential for intra-cardiac masses and how with available data do we go about treating it.
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