Difference between revisions of "Pulmonary cytopathology"

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 ===General===
 Etiology:
-*Aspiration or inhalation of a fatty substance, e.g. mineral oils, petroleum jelly.<ref name=pmid19901490/>
+*Aspiration or inhalation of a fatty substance, e.g. mineral oils (for [[constipation]]<ref name=pmi17846847>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Simmons | first1 = A. | last2 = Rouf | first2 = E. | last3 = Whittle | first3 = J. | title = Not your typical pneumonia: a case of exogenous lipoid pneumonia. | journal = J Gen Intern Med | volume = 22 | issue = 11 | pages = 1613-6 | month = Nov | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1007/s11606-007-0280-7 | PMID = 17846847 }}</ref>), petroleum jelly.<ref name=pmid19901490/>
 *Often does not have the classic associations seen in [[aspiration pneumonia]], i.e. intoxication, neurologic disease.
+Clinical:
+*Chronic cough<ref name=pmid26371101>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bell | first1 = MM. | title = Lipoid pneumonia: An unusual and preventable illness in elderly patients. | journal = Can Fam Physician | volume = 61 | issue = 9 | pages = 775-7 | month = Sep | year = 2015 | doi =  | PMID = 26371101 }}</ref> - classic finding.
+*+/-Dyspnea.<ref name=pmi17846847/>
+*+/-Fever.
+*Lower lobe air space disease - opacification (left>right).
+*+/-[[Hemoptysis]] (uncommon).
+Treatment:
+*Stop exposure to lipoid material.<ref name=pmid26371101/>
+DDx (clinical):
+*Viral pneumonia.
+*Others.
 ===Cytology===