title: CT findings in hydrocarbon pneumonitis after diesel fuel siphonage.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess CT findings in a series of patients with hydrocarbon pneumonitis after diesel fuel siphonage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The characteristic CT findings of hydrocarbon pneumonitis after diesel fuel siphonage are the presence of air-space consolidations with predominant right middle lobe involvement and areas of low attenuation within consolidation. Occasionally, bronchoalveolar lavage is needed to confirm the diagnosis of hydrocarbon pneumonitis by the presence of lipid-laden macrophages on the basis of a history of diesel fuel aspiration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Beomeo-ri, Mulgeum-up, Yangsan 626-770, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Seon
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Kun-Il
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeon Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Hye Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Min Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D005742:Gasoline / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005742:Gasoline