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A Rare Case of Non-resolving Pneumonia: Lipoid Pneumonia
- Source :
- Haseki Tıp Bülteni, Vol 58, Iss 1, Pp 115-117 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Galenos Yayinevi, 2020.
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Abstract
- Lipoid pneumonia (LP) is defined as a clinical and radiological sum of abnormalities due to aspiration of oil-based foreign material to the lung. There are two kinds of lipoid pneumonia defined in the literature. Exogenous LP is associated with aspiration of oily material to the airways and finally the lung parenchyma consciously or accidentally as in fire-eater?s lung. Endogenous LP is a more complicated situation that occurs when an endogenous lipoid material fills the alveolar space without any history of aspiration. It is associated with certain conditions like bacterial pneumonia. The pathogenesis is similar to alveolar proteinosis. We report a case of non-resolving pneumonia finally diagnosed as exogenous lipoid pneumonia caused by aspiration of a liquid laxative.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Alveolar proteinosis
lcsh:Medicine
lipoid pneumonia
Pathogenesis
Rare case
Parenchyma
Medicine
non-resolving pneumonia
lcsh:R5-920
laxatives
Lung
aspiration
business.industry
lcsh:R
Bacterial pneumonia
General Medicine
respiratory system
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
Pneumonia
medicine.anatomical_structure
Exogenous lipoid pneumonia
lcsh:Medicine (General)
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21472688 and 13020072
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medical Bulletin of Haseki
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9821fed29a62a5fb1871a31f472dbcfd