Four cases of kerosene pneumonitis.
- Author:
Eun Kyung MO
1
;
Seung Joon LEE
;
Jee Woong SON
;
Dong Gyu KIM
;
Myung Jae PARK
;
Myung Goo LEE
;
In Gyu HYUN
;
Ki Suck JUNG
;
Eun Sook NAM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym university, Chuncheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Apoptosis;
Caspase;
Epithelial cells;
Gastric;
Helicobacter pylori;
Neutrophils
- MeSH:
Adult;
Apoptosis;
Child;
Cooking;
Eating;
Epithelial Cells;
Heating;
Helicobacter pylori;
Hot Temperature;
Humans;
Intention;
Kerosene*;
Neutrophils;
Petroleum;
Pneumonia*;
Poisoning;
Suicide;
Viscosity;
Volatilization
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2000;59(2):235-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Kerosene is one of the petroleum distillates with low viscosity and high volatility. Kerosene is widely used in Korean home in heating and cooking. Kerosene ingestion or aspiration is one of the most common poisonings in young children but extremely rare in adults because kerosene is not taken with the intention of committing suicide. We report four adult cases of aspiration pneumonitis by accidental aspiration of kerosene with similar clinical presentation.
