Reyes de la Rocha S, Cunningham J C, Fox E
Pediatr Emerg Care. 1985 Jun;1(2):74-80.
Baby oil is a common household product that is frequently used when there are infants or toddlers in the house. However, it is often overlooked as a potential source of danger to these youngsters. In 1983, 36,700 cases of ingestion were reported to the poisoning surveillance and epidemiology branch of the Food and Drug Administration. Topical preparations used in the care of infants accounted for 480 of the cases. Ten percent of these required hospitalization. In 36 cases, the product ingested was baby oil. This figure does not include baby lotions and other skin products with a mineral oil base. Aspiration of mineral oil, the main component of baby oil, has been described as a cause of lipoid pneumonia and oleomas. However, there is very little information in the modern literature concerning acute lipoid pneumonitis in children. We herein present a patient with lipoid pneumonia caused by aspirated baby oil, who followed a severe clinical course. The paucity of information regarding this subject points to the need for increased public and physician awareness of the problem and for their direct participation in the prevention of this potentially fatal condition.
婴儿油是一种常见的家庭用品，家里有婴幼儿时经常会用到。然而，它常常被忽视，是这些幼儿潜在的危险来源。1983年，向食品药品管理局的中毒监测与流行病学部门报告了36700例摄入中毒病例。用于婴儿护理的外用制剂占其中的480例。这些病例中有10%需要住院治疗。在36例病例中，摄入的产品是婴儿油。这个数字不包括婴儿乳液和其他以矿物油为基底的护肤品。婴儿油的主要成分矿物油的误吸已被描述为类脂性肺炎和脂肪瘤的一个病因。然而，现代文献中关于儿童急性类脂性肺炎的信息非常少。我们在此报告一名因误吸婴儿油导致类脂性肺炎的患者，其临床过程很严重。关于这个主题的信息匮乏表明，有必要提高公众和医生对该问题的认识，并让他们直接参与预防这种潜在的致命疾病。
