Amiodarone-associated hemoptysis

Chest. 1994 Jan;105(1):305-6. doi: 10.1378/chest.105.1.305.

Abstract

The manifestations of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity (APT) are generally nonspecific, and a diagnosis requires appropriate clinical history, laboratory testing consistent with toxicity, and exclusion of other disease entities. To our knowledge, hemoptysis associated with APT has not been described before; the following report describes such a case. We suggest that APT should be considered among the differential diagnosis of hemoptysis in a patient receiving amiodarone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amiodarone / administration & dosage
  • Amiodarone / adverse effects*
  • Hemoptysis / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Lung / drug effects
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / chemically induced
  • Male

Substances

  • Amiodarone