ACUTE PNEUMONIA DUE TO INHALATION OF KERO SENE - REPORT OF A CASE IN A FIRE-EATER

Authors
SEBBANE M ARBIB F BRAMBILLA C
Citation
M. Sebbane et al., ACUTE PNEUMONIA DUE TO INHALATION OF KERO SENE - REPORT OF A CASE IN A FIRE-EATER, La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris, 71(7-8), 1995, pp. 216-218
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Semaine des hopitaux de Paris → ACNP
ISSN journal
00371777
Volume
71
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
216 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-1777(1995)71:7-8<216:APDTIO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A case of acute pneumonia due to the inhalation of deodorized kerosene in a patient who occasionally performed as a fire-eater is reported. The clinical and roentgenologic manifestations of this condition are f airly uniform from case to case. Complications are rare and the outcom e is usually favorable. Antimicrobial and corticosteroid therapy is de sirable although still controversial. The physicochemical properties o f kerosene explain the pathophysiology of the pulmonary lesions.