title: Transient sick sinus syndrome associated with immunoblastic lymphadenopathy.
abstract: We describe a very rare case of immunoblastic lymphadenopathy (IBL) accompanied with a sick sinus syndrome (SSS) in a 64-year-old male. SSS presented with progression of the IBL and subsided with improvement of the IBL following high dose prednisolone (PSL) therapy. The clinical course of this patient strongly suggested cardiac involvement in IBL and being the cause of the transient SSS. To our knowledge, this is the first case of IBL demonstrating SSS as a possible complication of the disease. This case may provide further information for the treatment of similar patients with IBL.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Gunman University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moridaira
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinonome
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007119:Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone