LYMPHOCYTIC PLEURAL EXUDATE IN A PATIENT RECEIVING AMIODARONE

Authors
CARMICHAEL LC NEWMAN JH
Citation
Lc. Carmichael et Jh. Newman, LYMPHOCYTIC PLEURAL EXUDATE IN A PATIENT RECEIVING AMIODARONE, British journal of clinical practice, 50(4), 1996, pp. 228-230
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British journal of clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070947
Volume
50
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
228 - 230
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0947(1996)50:4<228:LPEIAP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We present a patient who developed a unilateral, exudative pleural eff usion without concomitant pulmonary parenchymal disease while being tr eated with amiodarone. Previous attempts to discontinue amiodarone the rapy and substitute alternative antiarrhythmics resulted in recurrence of life-threatening arrhythmias, We chose to continue amiodarone and observe the response to a brief course of oral corticosteroids, The pl eural effusion resolved quickly and had not recurred after 36 months o f observation.