[Early pulmonary changes caused by amiodarone].
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.
Leipner
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N
Radiologische Abteilung, Waldkrankenhaus Bad Godesberg.
Schüller
H
H
Liesenfeld
H
H
Noé
G
G
Tschubel
K
K
D000368:Aged; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone