title: Fire-eater's lung.
abstract: Fire eater's lung (FEL) is an acute hydrocarbon pneumonitis caused by aspiration or inhalation into airways of liquid hydrocarbons. This disorder is classified into distinct form of chemical toxic pneumonitis. An amateur fire-eater is presented in this work. He accidentally aspirated into airways about 1/3 of glass of grill lighter fluid composed of mixture of liquid hydrocarbons. A few hours after this incident he had severe symptoms like weakness, high temperature, midsternal pleuritic chest pain, myalgia of the back, shortness of breath, and dry cough. Radiologic examination revealed consolidations with well-defined cavitary lesions (pneumatoceles) in lower lobes mainly in the left lower lobe. After one week of this event clinical improvement was observed. The lesions resolved nearly completly during three months. The review of the literature connected with fire-eater's lung is also presented.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Department of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland. zaleskajolanta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Załęska
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Błaszczyk
authors.forename: Lilia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jakubowska
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szopiński
authors.forename: Mateusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polaczek
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grudny
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zych
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roszkowski-Śliż
keywords: hydrocarbon pneumonitis; liquid hydrocarbons with low viscosity; pneumatoceles