LIPOID PNEUMONIA IN A VETERANS HOSPITAL
Authors: Herbert W. Greenidge, Morley J. Tuttle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 December 1955LIPOID PNEUMONIA IN A VETERANS HOSPITALHERBERT W. GREENIDGE, MORLEY J. TUTTLE, M.D.HERBERT W. GREENIDGESearch for more papers by this author, MORLEY J. TUTTLE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-6-1259 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe extent of lipoid pneumonia observed at autopsy in two cases in the latter part of 1951 resulted in a ban on the oral use of mineral oil in the Colonel Belcher (D.V.A.) Hospital. Although our institution contained a large proportion of older, chronically ill patients reported to be susceptible to this hazard, the ban was not popular. The report of Volk and associates1 had, however, suggested that lipoid pneumonia was probably more common than is generally realized. We therefore determined to investigate the extent of the problem by reviewing our autopsy material.BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LITERATURELipoid...Bibliography1. VolkNathansonLosnerSladeJacobi WLSWRM: Incidence of lipoid pneumonia in a survey of 389 chronically ill patients, Am. J. Med. 10: 316-324 (Mar.) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Laughlin GF: Studies of pneumonia following injections of oil, Am. J. Path. 1: 407-414, 1925. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Pinkerton H: Oils and fats: their entrance into and fate in the lungs of infants and children. A clinical and pathological report, Am. J. Dis. Child. 33: 259, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Ikeda K: Lipoid pneumonia of the adult type (paraffinoma), Arch. Path. 23: 470-492, 1937. Google Scholar5. Kaplan L: Combined cod liver oil and liquid petrolatum in a child, Am. J. Dis. Child. 62: 1217-1223 (Dec.) 1941. Google Scholar6. Sweeney WJ: Intranasal medication with oils, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Monthly 22: 335, 1943. Google Scholar7. SodemanStuart WABM: Lipoid pneumonia in adults, Ann. Int. Med. 24: 241-253, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar8. Hastings EV: Vascular lesions in lipid pneumonia (due to liquid petrolatum), Arch. Path. 49: 453-460 (Apr.) 1950. Google Scholar9. McDonaldHodgson JRCH: The problem of lipoid pneumonia or granuloma of the lung, M. Clin. North America 38: 989-996 (July) 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. FreimanEngelbergMerrit DGHWH: Oil aspiration (lipoid) pneumonia in adults, Arch. Int. Med. 66: 33-38, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Rewell RE: Lipoid pneumonia: a pitfall in diagnosis, Brit. M. J. 1: 409-411 (Mar. 29) 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented at the Prairie Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians, Regina, Saskatchewan, February 4 and 5, 1955.Received for publication May 2, 1955.From the Department of Medicine, Colonel Belcher Hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs, Calgary, Alberta. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExogenous Lipoid PneumoniaAspiration, Bronchial Obstruction, Bronchiectasis, and Related DisordersIatrogene und exogen bedingte LungenerkrankungenAspiration, Abscess, Bronchiectasis, and ObstructionMineral Oil Embolization and Lipid Pneumonia in An Infant Treated for Hirschsprung's DiseaseAsynchronous bilateral lipoid pneumonia presenting as solitary nodules in the lungLipoid Pneumonia 1 December 1955Volume 43, Issue 6Page: 1259-1268KeywordsAutopsyHospital medicineInhalationOilsParalysisPneumonia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...