[Formation of multiple round foci in the lung during amiodarone therapy].
During treatment with the antiarrhythmic agent amiodarone pulmonary infiltrates may be observed occasionally. Such a side-effect was seen in a 67-year-old patient after several months of amiodarone therapy (200 mg/d during 5 days of the week). After withdrawal of the drug the infiltrates regressed over a period of two months. No other causes for the pulmonary opacities could be established. So far, 13 patients with pulmonary changes during amiodarone treatment have been reported in the literature.
D000368:Aged; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D001572:Benzofurans; D000638:Amiodarone
Multiple Rundherdbildungen in der Lunge während Amiodaron-Therapie.