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Case Reports
. 1985 Mar;61(713):245-7.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.61.713.245.

Amiodarone-induced vasculitis and polyserositis

M Stäubli, A Zimmermann, J Bircher
Case Reports

Amiodarone-induced vasculitis and polyserositis

M Stäubli et al. Postgrad Med J. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

A dose-dependent cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis developed in a 34 year old man who was given amiodarone for supraventricular tachycardias resistant to other drugs. This adverse reaction disappeared within 2 weeks after discontinuation of amiodarone despite its very long half-life of 52 days in this patient. During previous treatment periods with amiodarone, the patient had experienced photosensitivity and dose-dependent polyserositis. Since high doses of amiodarone have been recently proposed for the treatment of resistant cardiac arrhythmias, dose-dependent adverse effects as described here may be encountered with increasing frequency.

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