Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity - Amiodarone lung

(Fr: toxicité pulmonaire de l'amiodarone). Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity typically manifests with insidious, often bilateral asymmetrical pulmonary opacities or areas of consolidation with, typically, increased CT numbers. Imaging, BAL, pathology are distinctive. APT typically exhibits features of endogenous lipoid pneumonia (i.e. phospholipidosis)

Publications

Argyriou M, Hountis P, Antonopoulos N, Mathioudaki M

Acute fatal post-CABG low dose amiodarone lung toxicity.

Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 2007 Dec;15;e66-8 — 2007 Dec — e66-8