IDIOPATHIC LIPOID PNEUMONIA IN AN ADULT TREATED WITH PREDNISOLONE

Authors
CHIN NK HUI KP SINNIAH R CHAN TB
Citation
Nk. Chin et al., IDIOPATHIC LIPOID PNEUMONIA IN AN ADULT TREATED WITH PREDNISOLONE, Chest, 105(3), 1994, pp. 956-957
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
105
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
956 - 957
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)105:3<956:ILPIAA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The treatment of lipoid pneumonia, an uncommon chronic lung condition, is generally conservative. We describe a patient with idiopathic lipo id pneumonia who was successfully treated with oral steroids with impr ovement of chest radiographic abnormalities.