Letters to the Editors: Amiodarone-induced pleural fluid is not always accompanied by a risk factor

A 39-year-old male patient was hospitalized in Cardiology Department with Brugada syndrome in 2007 and DDDR/ICD (dual chamber rateadaptive pacemaker/ implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) was implanted. Amiodarone in a dose of 200 mg/day was started. Mild pericardial effusion was detected in February 2010 and regressed in 2 weeks with indomethacin. He was hospitalized with pleural effusion in Department of Pulmonary Diseases in July 2010. The nature of the pleural fluid was an exudate. Leucocyte count was 9.080/mm3, neutrophil count was 6.470/ mm3, pH 7.51 and adenosine deaminase level was 10 U/L ( 40 U/L).