TY - JOUR
AU - Beam, Charles W.
AB - Abstract Clinical History.—A 19-month-old boy, who had been in good health, drank some charcoal lighter fluid. He was taken to a hospital emergency room and gastric lavage was performed. Several hours later, he developed a high fever, tachypnea, and cough and was referred to Valley Children's Hospital, Fresno, Calif. Physical Examination.—He appeared to be acutely ill and was coughing. The positive findings were limited to the chest in which coarse rhonchi were heard bilaterally. A chest roentgenogram was obtained (Fig 1). His clinical symptoms and physical findings improved, and after ten days, he was completely asymptomatic and a second chest roentgenogram was obtained (Fig 2). Denouement and Discussion Pneumatocele Formation Following Hydrocarbon Pneumonitis Petroleum distillate products found around the home continue to be a major cause of accidental poisoning in children.1 Involvement of the respiratory tract is due to aspiration of these products. References 1. Nelson WE, Vaughan V III: Textbook of Pediatrics , ed 9. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1969, pp 1489. 2. Oettingen von WF: Poisoning, A Guide to Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment . New York, Paul B. Hoeber Inc, 1952, pp 372. 3. Skarbeck A: Pulmonary cysts following ingestion of household paraffin . Arch Dis Child 30:457-459, 1955.Crossref 4. Campbell JB: Pneumatocele formation following hydrocarbon ingestion . Am Rev Resp Dis 101:414-418, 1970. 5. Baghdassarian OM, Weiner S: Pneumatocele formation complicating hydrocarbon pneumonitis . Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 95:104-111, 1965.Crossref 6. Wolfe RR, Adams FH, Desilets DT: Pneumatoceles complicating hydrocarbon pneumonitis . J Pediatr 71:711-714, 1967.Crossref
TI - Radiological Case of the Month
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1974.02110250101015
DA - 1974-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/radiological-case-of-the-month-V66JrXfRgB
SP - 875
EP - 876
VL - 127
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -