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[Exogenous lipoid pneumonia with abscess mimicking a lung tumor]
Plucne Bolesti : Casopis Udruzenja Pneumoftiziologa Jugoslavije = the Journal of Yugoslav Association of Phthisiology and Pneumology
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of abscessing exogenous lipoid pneumonia is reported. After the onset of respiratory symptoms, 68-year-old male was admitted to our hospital. Physical and X-ray examination suggested malignant lung tumor. After false positive finding of fine needle transthoracic biopsy, the right middle lobectomy was performed. Histological examination showed an unexpected finding of lipoid pneumonia and thereafter information of accidental petroleum aspiration was obtained.