SEVERE BRONCHIOLITIS FOLLOWING PETROLEUM DISTILLATE HYDROCARBON INGESTION - A REPORT OF 2 CASES

Authors
BENJABALLAH N BENAHMED N KHALDI F HAMMAMI A BENROMDHANE K BENNACEUR B
Citation
N. Benjaballah et al., SEVERE BRONCHIOLITIS FOLLOWING PETROLEUM DISTILLATE HYDROCARBON INGESTION - A REPORT OF 2 CASES, Annales de pediatrie, 43(10), 1996, pp. 743-746
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Annales de pediatrie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00662097
Volume
43
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
743 - 746
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-2097(1996)43:10<743:SBFPDH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Two infants, aged 11 and 13 months, accidentally ingested petroleum di stillate hydrocarbons. Both developed severe pulmonary manifestations with diffuse interstitial emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneo us emphysema. Pneumopericardium occurred in one patient. Mechanical ve ntilation and muscle relaxants were used in both cases. One of the pat ients died, and postmortem examination of the lungs disclosed severe b ronchiolar inflammation.