Lipoid pneumonia caused by an Oriental folk medicine.
With recognition of the problem of aspiration, mineral oil has been removed from nose drops. We have described a Thai woman who had lipoid pneumonia after instillation of a common Oriental folk medicine. At 2 1/2-year follow-up, she had persistent cough, interstitial disease, air trapping, and widened A-aDO2.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D008899:Mineral Oil / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013781:Texas; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology
D008899:Mineral Oil