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Sb Ved Pr Lek Fak Karlovy Univerzity Hradci Kralove
; 36(4-5): 305-15, 1993.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8599073
ABSTRACT
Amiodarone is a antiarrhythmic drug with many side-effects which include also the induction of photosensitivity and the development of greyish-blue pigmentations on the skin exposed to light. The authors examined 64 patients treated with amiodarone and 32 controls by means of a phototest using a xenon lamp. In 9.4% photosensitivity was recorded, in 9.4% there were greyish-blue hyperpigmentations in the face and on the back of the hands. Histological identification of these hyperpigmentations including electron microscopy was also performed.