title: [Cholesterol pneumonia in a child (author's transl)].
abstract: The case presented is that of a pneumonia due to cholesterol in a young girl of 13 years old. The clinical picture was that of severe progressive pulmonary fibrosis. On histology, a foreign body reaction around cholesterol crystals was found. The history enabled confirmation of the endogenous origin of this fatty infiltration.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002784:Cholesterol; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Pneumopathie à cholestérol chez un enfant