Fire-eater's pneumonitis

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2006 Mar;65(1):59-61. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.590.

Abstract

The authors report a case of acute respiratory failure that fulfils the diagnostic criteria for fire-eater's pneumonitis; pathological features, usually described only in experimental works on animals, are also discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Bronchiolitis / chemically induced
  • Bronchiolitis / diagnosis
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Female
  • Fires*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Inhalation Exposure
  • Kerosene
  • Lung / pathology
  • Occupational Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Occupational Diseases / diagnosis
  • Petroleum / adverse effects*
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / chemically induced*
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / pathology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Kerosene
  • Petroleum