Flecainide-associated pneumonitis with acute respiratory failure in a patient with the LEOPARD syndrome.
Antiarrhythmic agents can cause pneumonitis. Flecainide is a rare cause of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and few cases have been reported. We describe a case of interstitial hypoxaemiant pneumonitis probably related to flecainide in a patient with the LEOPARD syndrome, a rare congenital disorder.
Robain
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Department of Pulmonary Disease, Hôpital Intercommunal de Creteil, France.
Perchet
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Fuhrman
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000208:Acute Disease; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005424:Flecainide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D005424:Flecainide