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Reminder of important clinical lesson
Hydrocarbon pneumonitis masquerading as acute lung injury
  1. Makardhwaj Sarvadaman Shrivastava1,
  2. Atul Vijay Palkar2,
  3. Niteen D Karnik3
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Mumbai, India
  2. 2Department of Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Mumbai, India
  3. 3Department of Medicine, Seth G. S. Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Makardhwaj Sarvadaman Shrivastava, makar_in{at}rediffmail.com

Summary

Hydrocarbon pneumonitis is an acute, intense pneumonitis resulting from aspiration/inhalation of volatile hydrocarbon compounds with low viscosity and surface tension. The authors describe the case of a 24-year-old male who aspirated diesel while siphoning it from heavy duty crane, developed bilateral pneumonitis and responded to 2-day therapy with non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure ventilation.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.03.2011.4017

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