Two cases of cardiac sarcoidosis diagnosed based on biopsy results of the gluteus muscle with focal uptake of18F-fluorodeoxyglucose

Two patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) were referred to our hospital. Case 1 was a 50-year-old woman whose transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (27%) with thinning of the LV posterior wall and a dyskinetic apical wall. Case 2 was a 60-year-old-woman whose TTE showed reduced LV ejection fraction (33%) with thinning of the mid-septum and a dyskinetic apical …