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VOL. 6, ISSUE 8 (2020)
Iatrogenic lipoid pneumonia
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Surya Saini, Pawan Kumar, Avik Banerjee, Shayam Kaushik
Abstract
Lipoid pneumonia is a rare type of pneumonia, it occurs due to accumulation of lipid and lipid laden macrophages in alveoli. Lipoid pneumonia is of two types exogenous and endogenous pneumonia. Exogenous lipoid pneumonia occurs when mineral oils, vegetable oils and animal fats are inhaled or aspirated, whereas endogenous lipoid pneumonia occurs as a result of lipid accumulation in intra alveolar macrophages. As there is no definite clinical and radiological feature, this is also one of the reason for delaying and missing the diagnosis. So this is utmost important to aware physicians regarding this disease.
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Pages:208-209
How to cite this article:
Surya Saini, Pawan Kumar, Avik Banerjee, Shayam Kaushik "Iatrogenic lipoid pneumonia". International Journal of Medical and Health Research, Vol 6, Issue 8, 2020, Pages 208-209
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