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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0301-1542
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2146-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of cardiac sarcoidosis associated with various clinical symptoms and thrombocytopenia].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports