Acute hydrocarbon pneumonia after white spirit aspiration: sequential HRCT findings
| Autor: | Emmanuelle Bigot, David Facon, Marie-France Bellin, Jean Coumbaras, Alain Boissonnas, Fouad Bahlouli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty High-resolution computed tomography Suicide Attempted Asymptomatic medicine Humans Mineral Oil Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neuroradiology Lung biology medicine.diagnostic_test Pneumatocele business.industry General Medicine respiratory system biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Lingula respiratory tract diseases Pneumonia Lipid Pneumonia medicine.anatomical_structure Pneumothorax Radiology medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | European radiology. 15(1) |
| ISSN: | 0938-7994 |
| Popis: | Hydrocarbon pneumonia is a very uncommon condition resulting from aspiration of mineral oil into the lung. We report the first description of early and sequential high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) findings of hydrocarbon pneumonia following attempted suicide by white spirit aspiration. Initial HRCT showed patchy opacities of coalescing masses with well-defined walls. They were visible in the middle lobe, lingula and lower lobes. Follow-up CT showed regression of the alveolar opacities, the presence of pneumatoceles and right asymptomatic pneumothorax. After 23 months of follow-up, the patient remained asymptomatic, and the follow-up CT scan was considered normal. The radiological features and a review of the relevant literature are briefly discussed. |
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