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1Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenessee, USA.
Abstract:
We present a patient who developed a unilateral, exudative pleural effusion without concomitant pulmonary parenchymal disease while being treated with amiodarone. Previous attempts to discontinue amiodarone therapy and substitute alternative antiarrhythmics resulted in recurrence of life-threatening arrhythmias. We chose to continue amiodarone and observe the response to a brief course of oral corticosteroids. The pleural effusion resolved quickly and had not recurred after 36 months of observation.
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