The blue child – amiodarone-induced blue-gray skin syndrome and pulmonary mass in a child

The blue child – amiodarone-induced blue-gray skin syndrome and pulmonary mass in a child

Adverse effects of amiodarone are rarely seen in pediatric patients, but may occur if amiodarone is applied for long-term treatment. Two rather rare phenomena are blue-gray skin pigmentation and pulmonary mass. They represent important differential diagnoses from more common clinical complications l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paech, Christian, Wagner, Franziska, Suchowerskyj, Philipp, Weidenbach, Michael
Other Authors: Universität Leipzig, Herzzentrum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2016
Subjects:
Amiodaron
Herzrythmusstörung
Kind
Lunge
Haut
Pigmentierung
Amiodarone
arrhythmia
child
pulmonary mass
skin pigmentation
ddc:610
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-205291
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-205291
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/20529/OAP-2016-064_paech.ccr3483-2.pdf
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Summary:Adverse effects of amiodarone are rarely seen in pediatric patients, but may occur if amiodarone is applied for long-term treatment. Two rather rare phenomena are blue-gray skin pigmentation and pulmonary mass. They represent important differential diagnoses from more common clinical complications like pneumonia and drug-induced toxic skin lesions.

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