ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 6

Fatal Hydrocarbon Lipoid Pneumonia and Pneumonitis Secondary to Automatic Transmission Fluid Ingestion
Palmer, H
Second Year Medical Student, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR

Perrot, LJ
Associate Professor of Pathology & Pediatrics, Director of Autopsy Services at Arkansas Children's Hospital & University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR

(Received 26 October 1991; accepted 20 December 1991)

Abstract

This is the first reported case of an unusual exogeneous lipoid pneumonia with marked interstitial pneumonitis and fibrosis along with generalized diffuse omental oozing developing in a 14-month-old child following ingestion of automatic transmission fluid.

Keywords:
toxicology, pathology and biology, hydrocarbons, pneumonia

Paper ID: JFS13334J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13334J
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