title: [ARDS after Incidental Aspiration of Petroleum in an Adult].
abstract: Petroleum aspiration as a reason for lipid pneumonia is a rare complication. Mostly children are affected and mortality rates are low. In most case series, virtually every subject survived.We describe here the case of a patient who developed ARDS and pneumatoceles with a fatal outcome. Due to the undulant nature of the disease, multipe thoracic CT were performed, enabling us to describe the precise radiologic course of the disease.
authors: Pneumologie und Schlafmedizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Horvath
authors: Pneumologie und Schlafmedizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Schneider
authors: Abteilung für Radiologie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Kluckert
authors: Pneumologie und Schlafmedizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Brutsche
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010578:Petroleum / Q000506:poisoning*; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum