CT findings in hydrocarbon pneumonitis after diesel fuel siphonage.
case_series · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19770336.
- Also identified by DOI 10.2214/AJR.09.2471.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess CT findings in a series of patients with hydrocarbon pneumonitis after diesel fuel siphonage. The characteristic CT findings of hydrocarbon pneumonitis after diesel fuel siphonage are the presence of air-space consolidations with predominant right middle lobe involvement and areas of low attenuation within consolidation. Occasionally, bronchoalveolar lavage is needed to confirm the diagnosis of hydrocarbon pneumonitis by the presence of lipid-laden macrophages on the basis of a history of diesel fuel aspiration.
Medical subject headings
- Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Gasoline
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed