Acute Chemical Pneumonitis Caused by Nitric Acid Inhalation: Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2003.48.6.475
- Author:
Hyung Shim CHOE
1
;
In Jae LEE
;
Eun Young KO
;
Jae Young LEE
;
Hyun Beom KIM
;
Dae Hyun HWANG
;
Kwan Seop LEE
;
Yul LEE
;
Sang Hoon BAE
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital. ijlee2003@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung, CT;
Lung, chemical pneumonitis;
Lung, nitric acid
- MeSH:
Bronchiectasis;
Bronchiolitis Obliterans;
Inhalation*;
Nitric Acid*;
Permeability;
Pneumonia*;
Pulmonary Edema;
Radiography
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2003;48(6):475-477
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Chemical pneumonitis induced by nitric acid inhalation is a rare clinical condition. The previously reported radiologic findings of this disease include acute permeability pulmonary edema, delayed bronchiolitis obliterans, and bronchiectasis. In very few published rare radiologic reports has this disease manifested as acute alveolar injury; we report a case of acute chemical pneumonitis induced by nitric acid inhalation which at radiography manifested as bilateral perihilar consolidation and ground-glass attenuation, suggesting acute alveolar injury.
