amiodarone

• can cause lung disease

  symptoms:

  • dyspnea, cough, fever, pleuritis

  HRCT findings:
  • predominantly peripheral, interstitial and alveolar infiltrates
  • patchy upper-lobe consolidation and pleural effusion -- occasionally
  • consolidated lung can have very high density due to iodine.

  • DDx: infectious pneumonitis, CHF

• also causes dense liver due to iodine content

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18