Flecainide-associated pneumonitis with acute respiratory failure in a patient with the LEOPARD syndrome
@article{Robain2000FlecainideassociatedPW,
title={Flecainide-associated pneumonitis with acute respiratory failure in a patient with the LEOPARD syndrome},
author={Anne Robain and H Perchet and Claire Fchrman},
journal={Acta Cardiologica},
year={2000},
volume={55},
pages={45 - 47}
}Antiarrhythmic agents can cause pneumonitis. Flecainide is a rare cause of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and few cases have been reported. We describe a case of interstitial hypoxaemiant pneumonitis probably related to flecainide in a patient with the LEOPARD syndrome, a rare congenital disorder.
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- MedicineRespiration
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Clinical and radiological improvement was noted after corticosteroid therapy, but the patient died from septic complications, and flecainide-induced lung injury has rarely been reported in the literature and remains a diagnosis of exclusion.
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