Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity

• Author(s): Rodrigues, H ; Belo-Oliveira, P ; Costa, JF ; Donato, P
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/47
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Amiodarona
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Our patient who was on long term amiodarone treatment presented with a 10 day history of cough and dyspnea. Chest X-ray showed multiple pulmonary infiltrates. HRCT depicted patchy areas of ground glass attenuation and areas of consolidation, with a peripheral and peribronchovascular distribution, associated with dilated bronchi. The amiodarone was discontinued and the patient treated with corticosteroids.