The double threat: imaging manifestations of thoracic sarcoidosis with miliary nodules and myocardial involvement with radiologic-pathologic correlation.

Shweta Kataria, Muthu Kumar Sakthivel, Surekha Bantumilli

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Article in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shweta KatariaDepartment of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA. Shweta_Kataria@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8105-200X

Muthu Kumar SakthivelDepartment of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA. muthu_sakthivel@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6257-884X

Surekha BantumilliDepartment of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3213-6688

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Abstract

A middle-aged man presented with near syncope and complete heart block. Multimodality thoracic and cardiac imaging, together with histology, established the diagnosis of thoracic sarcoidosis with myocardial involvement. This case highlights an uncommon miliary pattern of pulmonary sarcoidosis and underscores the value of combined cardiac MRI and FDG PET-CT in identifying active cardiac sarcoid as the cause of conduction block, prompting timely immunosuppressive and implantable cardiac defibrillator placement.

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CardiomyopathiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMultiple Pulmonary NodulesMyocardiumPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographySarcoidosisSarcoidosis, PulmonaryBiopsyDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFluorodeoxyglucose F18Heart BlockHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMaleMiddle AgedFluorodeoxyglucose F18Immunosuppressive AgentsRadiopharmaceuticalsCardiac sarcoidosisGranulomatous diseaseMiliary sarcoidosisPulmonary sarcoidosis

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PMID41933232

DOI10.1007/s10554-026-03698-6

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