Two men with dyspnea, enlarged lymph nodes · Dx?
Systolic heart failure has been previously recognized as a cause of reversible mediastinal lymphadenopathy (MLN). Other causes of MLN include sarcoidosis, various malignancies, pulmonary infections, and occupational lung diseases. There are, however, no reports of MLN in patients with diastolic heart failure.
Division of Internal Medicine, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
Ali
A
Abdul-Hai
Division of Internal Medicine, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
David
D
Ergas
Department of Imaging, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
Miriam
M
Katz
Division of Internal Medicine, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel. Email: stephen@malnick.net.
Stephen D H
SDH
Malnick
D000368:Aged; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D054144:Heart Failure, Diastolic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000072281:Lymphadenopathy / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome