Stathis George, Priftis Konstantinos N, Moustaki Maria, Alexopoulou Efthymia
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General University Hospital "ATTIKON", Chaidari, GR 124 62, Athens, Greece.
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General University Hospital "ATTIKON", Chaidari, GR 124 62, Athens, Greece.
J Clin Imaging Sci. 2014 Jan 30;4:2. doi: 10.4103/2156-7514.126028. eCollection 2014.
Acute lipoid pneumonia (LP) in children is a rare disorder caused by the aspiration of oil-based substances and is difficult to diagnose due to non-specific clinical symptoms and radiological findings. We report the case of a 5-month-old male infant with acute LP caused by accidental aspiration of a large amount of mineral oil. We present the imaging findings in the computed tomography scans performed during his hospitalization and focus on the residual abnormalities seen on a scan performed 7-years after the incident. This, to the best of our knowledge, is the longest follow-up report of an acute exogenous LP patient and the only case that demonstrates non-resolving abnormalities in a pediatric patient after a single acute episode of mineral oil aspiration.
儿童急性类脂性肺炎（LP）是一种由油性物质误吸引起的罕见疾病，由于临床症状和影像学表现不具特异性，故难以诊断。我们报告一例5个月大的男婴，因意外误吸大量矿物油而导致急性LP。我们展示了其住院期间计算机断层扫描的影像学表现，并着重关注事件发生7年后扫描中发现的残留异常。据我们所知，这是急性外源性LP患者最长的随访报告，也是唯一一例在单次急性矿物油误吸发作后儿科患者出现未消退异常的病例。
