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ArticlePneumonia (Nathan Qld.)2018

A rare case of lipoid pneumonia attributed to amiodarone.

Ilektra Voulgareli, Alexandra Chronaiou, Dionisios Tsoukalas, George Tsoukalas

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Article in Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ilektra VoulgareliDepartment of Pneumonology, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5912-2262
Alexandra ChronaiouDepartment of Pneumonology, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dionisios TsoukalasDepartment of Pneumonology, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece.
George TsoukalasDepartment of Pneumonology, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Sotiria General Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 asymptomatic and a diagnosis is generally made in patients who have become clinically unstable or when an abnormal lung shadow is found on a chest X-ray. In the case here described it was diagnosed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BALF) where fat-laden macrophages (oil red O stain) were identified. Since a history of use of oil-based products had been ruled out, amiodarone was deemed to be the most likely cause of lipoid pneumonia. The patient was managed with the replacement of amiodarone with digoxin and treated with oral prednisolone. The patient has remained clinically stable with radiological improvement during a follow-up of two years.

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AmiodaroneBronchoalveolar lavageEndogenous lipoid pneumoniaPrednisolone treatment

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PMID30534512
PMCPMC6280337
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