title: [Fire-eater's lung].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fire-eaters use kerdan, a petroleum-derivative, during their performances. Its accidental inhalation produces respiratory symptoms known as fire-eater's lung.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report 8 cases of fire-eater's lung and compare their clinical and radiologic data and outcome with those of 44 cases from the French and English-language literature. Presentation is highly characteristic: i) occurrence in young inexperienced subjects; ii) immediate phase characterized by coughing and digestive symptoms; iii) after a latency period, pseudoinfectious lung disease frequently associated with extra-respiratory symptoms, usually digestive; iv) generally favorable clinical and radiological outcome, rarely complicated by pneumatocele or pneumothorax.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis of fire-eater's lung is based on history-taking and characteristic clinical and radiological presentation. Treatment is symptomatic. Prevention relies on educational campaigns about the risks of fire-eating.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, Hôpital Maison Blanche, CHU de Reims (51).
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deslee
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Menivale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dury
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perdu
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Quinquenelle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Betbeze
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mouchet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirshi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lebargy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010578:Petroleum / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum