A Case of Lipoid Pneumonia Caused by Aspiration of Laxatives.
- Author:
Seon Ja CHO
1
;
Kwang Min LEE
;
Jin Ok CHOI
;
Kang Seo PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Medical Center, Chonju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lipoid pneumonia;
Mineral oil;
Bronchoalveolar lavage;
Bronchial biopsy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Bronchoalveolar Lavage;
Bronchoscopy;
Child;
Constipation;
Cough;
Humans;
Infant;
Inflammation;
Laxatives*;
Lung;
Male;
Mineral Oil;
Mucociliary Clearance;
Pneumonia*;
Reflex
- From:Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease
2000;10(1):75-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Lipoid pneumonia is chronic, interstitial, proliferative inflammation resulting from aspiration of lipoid material. Mineral oil is a hydrocarbon that physicians often use to treat chronic constipation in children and adults. Mineral oil may not elicit a normal protective cough reflex and may impair mucociliary transport. We experienced a case of exogenous lipoid pneumonia caused by aspiration of mineral oil given as a laxatives confirmed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and bronchial biopsy in a 9-month-old boy with chronic cough and radiologic evidence of parenchymal lung disease.We reported this case with a brief review of related literatures.
