Acute hydrocarbon pneumonia after white spirit aspiration: sequential HRCT findings.
Hydrocarbon pneumonia is a very uncommon condition resulting from aspiration of mineral oil into the lung. We report the first description of early and sequential high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) findings of hydrocarbon pneumonia following attempted suicide by white spirit aspiration. Initial HRCT showed patchy opacities of coalescing masses with well-defined walls. They were visible in the middle lobe, lingula and lower lobes. Follow-up CT showed regression of the alveolar opacities, the presence of pneumatoceles and right asymptomatic pneumothorax. After 23 months of follow-up, the patient remained asymptomatic, and the follow-up CT scan was considered normal. The radiological features and a review of the relevant literature are briefly discussed.
Facon
David
D
Department of Radiology, Hôpital Paul-Brousse, AP-HP, Université Paris 11, 12-14 av. P.V. Couturier, 94804 Villejuif, France.
Coumbaras
Jean
J
Bigot
Emmanuelle
E
Bahlouli
Fouad
F
Boissonnas
Alain
A
Bellin
Marie-France
MF
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008899:Mineral Oil / Q000506:poisoning*; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
D008899:Mineral Oil