Neonatal aspiration syndrome due to vernix caseosa.
Fetal aspiration of meconium in amniotic fluid is a well-known cause of respiratory distress in newborn infants. It causes an irregular, coarse, nodular pattern on chest radiographs. Less known is that aspiration of vernix caseosa causes a similar syndrome. We present a post-mature infant in whom aspiration of vernix caseosa caused respiratory distress, ventilatory difficulty, and radiographic changes essentially the same as in aspiration of meconium.
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014708:Vernix Caseosa