Enlargement of extraocular muscles during treatment with amiodarone.
A case of extraocular muscle enlargement diagnosed 2 months after the start of treatment with amiodarone is presented. The orbital CT scan was typical of endocrine ophthalmopathy. The patient had no history of hyperthyroidism and during a follow-up period of 2 years no laboratory evidence of irregularities in the thyroid hormone metabolism was discovered.
Sundelin
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Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Ophthalmology, Göteborg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Norrsell
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D000368:Aged; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000097:blood / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D000638:Amiodarone