title: Inhalant abuse: a case of hemoptysis associated with halogenated hydrocarbons abuse.
abstract: An 18-year-old man presented to a community emergency department with increasing shortness of breath and fever. His condition was diagnosed, and he was treated as an inpatient for bilateral pneumonia associated with hypoxemia. When his condition became worse, he acknowledged to deliberate inhalation of keyboard cleaner and to having hemoptysis. Before his death on hospital day 11, known causes of alveolar hemorrhage were excluded. We postulated a cause-and-effect relationship, adding alveolar hemorrhage to the known complications of inhalant abuse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45429, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schloneger
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stull
authors.forename: Jonathan I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000506:poisoning*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006846:Hydrocarbons, Halogenated