Petresk, Tadej and Piko, Nejc and Privšek, Matevž and Zorman, Tadej and Bevc, Sebastjan (2020) Blue Woman Syndrome and Thyrotoxicosis in a Patient on Amiodarone. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (4). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug, in use from the 1960s, which acts on potassium transport in myocytes, causing a lengthening of the action potential and refractory period. Even though it is broadly prescribed, its use is limited by a relatively high occurrence of adverse reactions such as lung, thyroid or hepatic disease, skin changes and so on. The authors report a case of a female patient who was admitted due to chest pain. Due to the bluish skin pigmentation, other causes of amiodarone toxicity were investigated, and hyperthyroidism was detected. After amiodarone discontinuation and specific therapy, thyroid function returned to normal.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Amiodarone, adverse drug reaction, hyperthyroidism, atrial fibrillation, skin pigmentation |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Nov 2020 13:55 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2020 13:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19996 |
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