Recurrent Form of Amiodarone-induced Pneumonitis

A 68-year-old man diagnosed as having amiodarone-induced pneumonitis was treated. The authors believe that like other forms of drug induced pneumonitis, amiodarone may induce 2 patterns of disease: an acute one, responding rapidly to large doses of prednisone and/or suppression of the drug, and a subacute or chronic form where this therapeutical approach cannot achieve a complete clinical, functional and radiologic remission.