Casademont J, Xaubet A, López-Guillermo J, Agusti C, Ramirez J
Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Eur Respir J. 1988 Jan;1(1):93-4.
We report a case of lipoid pneumonia with pulmonary bilateral cavitated lesions. The diagnosis was based on the finding of abundant lipid-laden alveolar macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage and the presence of histologic changes indicative of lipoid pneumonia in transbronchial lung biopsy.