Amiodarone-induced systemic lupus erythematosus.
Drug-induced lupus is not a very common entity. Drugs like hydralazine, procainamide have been reported to induce lupus, but so far there is no case report of amiodarone-induced lupus in Indian literature. A case of atrial fibrillation in an elderly man who came with systemic features of lupus after amiodarone therapy for one and half years is reported.
Department of Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, West Bengal.
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D000638:Amiodarone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone