Cardiac sarcoidosis

This is a pictorial essay on the MRI features seen in cardiac sarcoidosis, published by Vignaux O, in the January issue of the AJR. Patients with cardiac sarcoid show involvement of the myocardium with varying degrees of inflammation, granuloma formation and scarring. Acute edema and inflammation can be seen on T2W images, whereas the rest of the features require a combination of delayed hyperenhanced images and cine images.

Two representative cases are available in the accompanying images blog for viewing, one published today and one in January.