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[Aspiration of petroleum by a "fire-eater"]
1Medizinische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum Charité der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 21-year-old man suffered from cough, dyspnoea and hemoptysis following accidental aspiration of petroleum. Chest x-ray and computerized tomography one day after the aspiration showed infiltrates in the lower fields. Fiberbronchoscopy revealed severe bronchitis without any signs of necrosis. Flunisolide inhalation (200 micrograms/d) and intravenous application of prednisolone (50 mg/d) and clindamycine (600 mg/d) improved pulmonary function within a few days. The infiltrates resolved over the following two weeks. This favourable result clearly shows that conservative treatment has a role in petroleum aspiration.