Reversible complete atrioventricular block due to malignant lymphoma.
An 83-year-old man was hospitalized due to general fatigue and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed as having complete atrioventricular (AV) block due to cardiac involvement by a malignant lymphoma. Eleven days after the initiation of chemotherapy, the complete AV block disappeared and only a first degree AV block remained.
First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Y
Y
Otsuji
N
N
Arima
H
H
Fujiwara
K
K
Saito
A
A
Kisanuki
H
H
Tanaka
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male