Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity

Amiodarone is associated with a wide variety of side effects, but unusual presentations can make it difficult to diagnose and treat. This case report describes amiodarone causing nodular changes in the lung, as opposed to diffuse interstitial disease. After cessation of the medication, there was mar...

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Autores principales: Griffith, Candace, Hossain, Samia, Minupuri, Arun, Korman, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32782877
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9058
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description Amiodarone is associated with a wide variety of side effects, but unusual presentations can make it difficult to diagnose and treat. This case report describes amiodarone causing nodular changes in the lung, as opposed to diffuse interstitial disease. After cessation of the medication, there was marked radiographic improvement in the nodules.
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spelling pubmed-74133122020-08-10 Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity Griffith, Candace Hossain, Samia Minupuri, Arun Korman, Michael Cureus Internal Medicine Amiodarone is associated with a wide variety of side effects, but unusual presentations can make it difficult to diagnose and treat. This case report describes amiodarone causing nodular changes in the lung, as opposed to diffuse interstitial disease. After cessation of the medication, there was marked radiographic improvement in the nodules. Cureus 2020-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7413312/ /pubmed/32782877 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9058 Text en Copyright © 2020, Griffith et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Griffith, Candace
Hossain, Samia
Minupuri, Arun
Korman, Michael
Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity
title Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity
title_full Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity
title_fullStr Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity
title_full_unstemmed Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity
title_short Nodules that Wax and Wane: Unusual Presentation of Amiodarone Lung Toxicity
title_sort nodules that wax and wane: unusual presentation of amiodarone lung toxicity
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7413312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32782877
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9058
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