Fulminant Cardiac Sarcoidosis Successfully Treated With Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy

Yasumura, Kaori; Sera, Fusako; Akazawa, Yasuhiro; Nakamoto, Kei; Kawai, Makiko; Kurashige, Masako; Nakamura, Daisuke; Oka, Takafumi; Mizote, Isamu; Morii, Eiichi; Ohtani, Tomohito; Sakata, Yasushi

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/cric/1350557

Fulminant Cardiac Sarcoidosis Successfully Treated With Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy

Yasumura, Kaori; Sera, Fusako; Akazawa, Yasuhiro et al.

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2025, 2025(1), 1350557

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タイトル	Fulminant Cardiac Sarcoidosis Successfully Treated With Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy
著者	著者名 Yasumura, Kaori
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	著者名 Nakamoto, Kei
	著者名 Kawai, Makiko
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内容	Yasumura Kaori, Sera Fusako, Akazawa Yasuhiro, et al. Fulminant Cardiac Sarcoidosis Successfully Treated With Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy. Case Reports in Cardiology 2025, 1350557 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1155/cric/1350557.
抄録	Background: The clinical course of cardiac sarcoidosis is typically subacute, and fulminant cases requiring mechanical circulatory support are rare. Here, we report the case of a patient with pathologically diagnosed cardiac sarcoidosis who presented with fulminant myocarditis and whose cardiac function was improved by aggressive immunosuppressive therapy based on the treatment of giant cell myocarditis. Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman presented with progressive dyspnoea and nausea that persisted for 1 month and was eventually diagnosed with acute heart failure. Echocardiography showed a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction with thinning of the basal septal wall. During hospitalisation, she experienced ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation attacks, and bradycardia due to a complete atrioventricular block and sinus dysfunction was observed after starting amiodarone. Subsequently, she underwent intra-aortic balloon pump insertion in addition to inotropic agent administration; however, venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and Impella 5.0 were needed because biventricular dysfunction progressed. We diagnosed our patient with cardiac sarcoidosis based on the pathological findings revealing inflammatory cell infiltration, including giant cells with extensive fibrosis and granulomas. However, the possibility of giant cell myocarditis could not be ruled out because of the fulminant clinical course; therefore, aggressive immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids and cyclosporine was started. Her cardiac function improved, and all mechanical circulatory support and inotropic agents were discontinued. Conclusion: Cardiac sarcoidosis is difficult to differentiate from giant cell myocarditis because they have many similarities in terms of myocardial histopathology and clinical manifestations. While whether the two diagnoses are parts of a single-disease continuum remains debatable, aggressive combination immunosuppressive therapy may contribute to favourable outcomes.
出版者	Wiley
収録物名	Case Reports in Cardiology
巻(号)	2025(1)
ページ	1350557
刊行年月	2025-03-11
言語	英語
ハンドルURL	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/101403
PISSN	20906404
eISSN	20906412
関連情報 (isIdenticalTo)	DOI (出版社版) https://doi.org/10.1155/cric/1350557
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権利情報	This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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DC.title	Fulminant Cardiac Sarcoidosis Successfully Treated With Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy
DC.creator	Yasumura, Kaori
	Sera, Fusako
	Akazawa, Yasuhiro
	Nakamoto, Kei
	Kawai, Makiko
	Kurashige, Masako
	Nakamura, Daisuke
	Oka, Takafumi
	Mizote, Isamu
	Morii, Eiichi
	Ohtani, Tomohito
	Sakata, Yasushi
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DC.description	Yasumura Kaori, Sera Fusako, Akazawa Yasuhiro, et al. Fulminant Cardiac Sarcoidosis Successfully Treated With Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy. Case Reports in Cardiology 2025, 1350557 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1155/cric/1350557.
DCTERMS.abstract	Background: The clinical course of cardiac sarcoidosis is typically subacute, and fulminant cases requiring mechanical circulatory support are rare. Here, we report the case of a patient with pathologically diagnosed cardiac sarcoidosis who presented with fulminant myocarditis and whose cardiac function was improved by aggressive immunosuppressive therapy based on the treatment of giant cell myocarditis. Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman presented with progressive dyspnoea and nausea that persisted for 1 month and was eventually diagnosed with acute heart failure. Echocardiography showed a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction with thinning of the basal septal wall. During hospitalisation, she experienced ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation attacks, and bradycardia due to a complete atrioventricular block and sinus dysfunction was observed after starting amiodarone. Subsequently, she underwent intra-aortic balloon pump insertion in addition to inotropic agent administration; however, venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and Impella 5.0 were needed because biventricular dysfunction progressed. We diagnosed our patient with cardiac sarcoidosis based on the pathological findings revealing inflammatory cell infiltration, including giant cells with extensive fibrosis and granulomas. However, the possibility of giant cell myocarditis could not be ruled out because of the fulminant clinical course; therefore, aggressive immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids and cyclosporine was started. Her cardiac function improved, and all mechanical circulatory support and inotropic agents were discontinued. Conclusion: Cardiac sarcoidosis is difficult to differentiate from giant cell myocarditis because they have many similarities in terms of myocardial histopathology and clinical manifestations. While whether the two diagnoses are parts of a single-disease continuum remains debatable, aggressive combination immunosuppressive therapy may contribute to favourable outcomes.
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