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Case Report

Interstitial Pneumonitis in a Patient Treated with Amiodarone—Case Report

by
Anna Paczek
1,*,
Monika Szturmowicz
1,
Elżbieta Wiatr
2,
Barbara Burakowska
3,
Anna Fijałkowska
1 and
Adam Torbicki
1
1
Klinika Chorób Wewnętrznych Klatki Piersiowej Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie, 01-138 Warszawa, Poland
2
III Klinika Chorób Płuc Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie, 01-138 Warszawa, Poland
3
Zakład Radiologii Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie, 01-138 Warszawa, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2008, 76(2), 118-124; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27917
Submission received: 23 July 2007 / Revised: 28 April 2008 / Accepted: 28 April 2008 / Published: 28 April 2008

Abstract

Amiodarone, antiarrhythmic drug of III class is used in patients with supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, often with coexisting congestive heart failure. Side effects of amiodarone treatment are observed in approximately 75% of patients. Most dangerous are the symptoms of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity occuring in 2–17% of patients. We present a patient with COPD, in whom interstitial pneumonitis with radiologic features of organizing pneumonia developed after one year of amiodaron treatment due to supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. The drug was stopped and steroids were introduced due to marked respiratory insufficiency. Regression of pulmonary symptoms and improvement of ventilatory parameters were observed after 3 months of treatment. Pathogenesis, diagnostic procedures and current methods of treatment of this jatrogenic disease are discussed.
Keywords: amiodarone; organizing pneumonia; steroidotherapy amiodarone; organizing pneumonia; steroidotherapy

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Paczek, A.; Szturmowicz, M.; Wiatr, E.; Burakowska, B.; Fijałkowska, A.; Torbicki, A. Interstitial Pneumonitis in a Patient Treated with Amiodarone—Case Report. Adv. Respir. Med. 2008, 76, 118-124. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27917

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Paczek A, Szturmowicz M, Wiatr E, Burakowska B, Fijałkowska A, Torbicki A. Interstitial Pneumonitis in a Patient Treated with Amiodarone—Case Report. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2008; 76(2):118-124. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27917

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Paczek, Anna, Monika Szturmowicz, Elżbieta Wiatr, Barbara Burakowska, Anna Fijałkowska, and Adam Torbicki. 2008. "Interstitial Pneumonitis in a Patient Treated with Amiodarone—Case Report" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 76, no. 2: 118-124. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.27917

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