Very Early Onset of Acute Amiodarone Pulmonary Toxicity Presenting With Hemoptysis

A case of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) occurring within days of the start of therapy and presenting with hemoptysis is reported. Both the very early onset and the presenting symptom are highly unusual in this entity. Implications in the diagnosis of APT are discussed.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1997-05, Vol.111 (5), p.1446-1447
Hauptverfasser:	Goldstein, Itamar, Topilsky, Marcel, Isakov, Aharon, Heller, Israel, Segev, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Aged amiodarone Amiodarone - adverse effects amiodarone pulmonary toxicity Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - adverse effects Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy Biological and medical sciences Cough - chemically induced Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment Dyspnea - chemically induced Fever - chemically induced hemoptysis Hemoptysis - chemically induced Humans Lung - drug effects Lung - pathology Male Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Time Factors Toxicity: respiratory system, ent, stomatology
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) occurring within days of the start of therapy and presenting with hemoptysis is reported. Both the very early onset and the presenting symptom are highly unusual in this entity. Implications in the diagnosis of APT are discussed.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.111.5.1446