Increased Density of the Liver and Amiodarone-Associated Phospholipidosis

This is a case report in which a 60-year-old man who suffered from ventricular tachycardia with dilated cardiomyopathy was prescribed amiodarone. After taking amiodarone, liver enzymes were increased and computed tomographic (CT) scanning of the abdomen showed a significant increase in the density o...

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Autores principales: Kojima, Sunao, Kojima, Shinobu, Ueno, Hirofumi, Takeya, Motohiro, Ogawa, Hisao
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946635
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2009/598940
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author Kojima, Sunao
Kojima, Shinobu
Ueno, Hirofumi
Takeya, Motohiro
Ogawa, Hisao
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Ueno, Hirofumi
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description This is a case report in which a 60-year-old man who suffered from ventricular tachycardia with dilated cardiomyopathy was prescribed amiodarone. After taking amiodarone, liver enzymes were increased and computed tomographic (CT) scanning of the abdomen showed a significant increase in the density of the liver without contrast medium. He was suspected as hemochromatosis and liver biopsy was performed. An abnormal high density of liver tissue may be observed in an unenhanced CT in patients treated with amiodarone and we suggest that periodic monitoring of liver function and/or liver biopsy is warranted before an irreversible stage is reached.
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spelling pubmed-27783492009-11-25 Increased Density of the Liver and Amiodarone-Associated Phospholipidosis Kojima, Sunao Kojima, Shinobu Ueno, Hirofumi Takeya, Motohiro Ogawa, Hisao Cardiol Res Pract Case Report This is a case report in which a 60-year-old man who suffered from ventricular tachycardia with dilated cardiomyopathy was prescribed amiodarone. After taking amiodarone, liver enzymes were increased and computed tomographic (CT) scanning of the abdomen showed a significant increase in the density of the liver without contrast medium. He was suspected as hemochromatosis and liver biopsy was performed. An abnormal high density of liver tissue may be observed in an unenhanced CT in patients treated with amiodarone and we suggest that periodic monitoring of liver function and/or liver biopsy is warranted before an irreversible stage is reached. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2009 2009-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2778349/ /pubmed/19946635 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2009/598940 Text en Copyright © 2009 Sunao Kojima et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Increased Density of the Liver and Amiodarone-Associated Phospholipidosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946635
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2009/598940
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