Abstract
Confluent infiltrates and interstitial condensates with (sub)segmentary spreading are typical radiological findings in amiodarone pneumopathy. A case is presented where daily amounts of 200-600 mg and a total of 18.3 g amiodarone led to alveolitis with fibrosis within 4 weeks, which is uncommon in the early stage.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Amiodarone / administration & dosage
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Amiodarone / adverse effects*
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Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / administration & dosage
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Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / adverse effects*
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Coronary Disease / drug therapy*
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Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
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Drug Administration Schedule
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Fatal Outcome
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Heart Failure / drug therapy*
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Humans
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Lung / diagnostic imaging
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Lung / pathology
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Male
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Pulmonary Fibrosis / chemically induced*
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Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
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Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology
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Tachycardia, Supraventricular / drug therapy*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Substances
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Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
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Amiodarone