Exogenous lipoid pneumonia mimicking multifocal subpleural tumors | Zendy

Dragana Tegeltija | Zendy; Aleksandra Lovrenski | Zendy; Tijana Vasiljević | Zendy; Golub Samardžija | Zendy; Ivan Kuhajda | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Exogenous lipoid pneumonia mimicking multifocal subpleural tumors

Author(s) -

Dragana Tegeltija,

Aleksandra Lovrenski,

Tijana Vasiljević,

Golub Samardžija,

Ivan Kuhajda

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2406-0895

pISSN - 0370-8179

DOI - 10.2298/sarh180410070t

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , biopsy , radiology , lung , inhalation , lung biopsy , computed tomography , clinical history , pathology , surgery , anatomy

. Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) is caused by inhalation or aspiration of different oily substances of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin. It can be in acute or chronic form. Herein, we report a case of ELP in its chronic form, confirmed in surgical lung biopsy. Case outline. A 47-year-old male locomotive engineer, former smoker, without clinical symptoms, with a history of pneumonia two years previously, was referred to our institution. The operating diagnosis of multifocal subpleural tumors was made based on the chest computed tomography. A surgical lung biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of ELP. Conclusion. Diagnosis of ELP is frequently made after surgical biopsy performed for suspected neoplasm, because of neglecting profesional exposure to mineral oils.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research