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A rare case of lipoid pneumonia attributed to amiodarone

We report a case of endogenous lipoid pneumonia secondary to long-term use of amiodarone (> 30 years) for atrial fibrillation in a 76-year-old Caucasian woman, presenting with cough and dyspnea. Endogenous Lipoid pneumonia is a rare underdiagnosed condition more prevalent in adults. It is usually...

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Autores principales: Voulgareli, Ilektra, Chronaiou, Alexandra, Tsoukalas, Dionisios, Tsoukalas, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30534512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41479-018-0056-3