KEROSENE PNEUMONITIS TREATED WITH ADRENAL STEROIDS
Authors: R L MAYOCK, N BOZORGNIA, H F ZINSSER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 March 1961KEROSENE PNEUMONITIS TREATED WITH ADRENAL STEROIDSROBERT L. MAYOCK, M.D., F.A.C.P., NOURALLAH BOZORGNIA, M.D., HARRY F. ZINSSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT L. MAYOCK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, NOURALLAH BOZORGNIA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HARRY F. ZINSSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-3-559 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCrude oil and the various fractions derived from it, such as gasoline and kerosene, have toxic properties on inhalation and ingestion that involve principally the central nervous system, liver, kidneys, lungs, and heart.1Many cases of kerosene poisoning—and frequent deaths—have been reported as a result of accidental ingestion. Bain2 reported that 25% of accidental poisoning deaths in the United States in 1949 and 1950 were due to kerosene; however, this syndrome occurs usually in children in rural areas3 where kerosene is more in use.The subject of this report is an adult male who developed a pneumonitis with liver damage...Bibliography1. Steiner MM: Syndromes of kerosene poisoning in children. J. Dis. Child. 74: 32, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Bain K: Death due to accidental poisoning in young children. J. Pediat. 44: 616, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Gershon-CohenBringhurstByrne JLSRN: Roentgenography of kerosene poisoning (chemical pneumonitis). Amer. J. Roentgenol. 69: 557 (Apr.) 1953. Google Scholar4. Graham JR: Pneumonitis following aspiration of crude oil and its treatment by steroid hormones. Trans. Amer. Clin. Climat. Ass. 67: 104, 1955-56. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. Page RC: Health of the petroleum worker. Arch. Industr. Health 11: 126, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. 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Robinette Foundation, and Medical Clinic, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; and the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.†Present address: Tehran, Iran.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert L. Mayock, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St., Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania.†According to Dr. Robert J. Bower, Medical Director of The Atlantic Refining Company, the composition of Ultrasene is as follows: "Ultrasene is a heavily acid treated, narrow boiling range, kerosene material. Boiling range of 400 to 500° F. It has an average composition of: 70% paraffins, 28% naphthenes, 2% aromatics, .01 to .02% sulfur; specific gravity, 0.783; 60° F." 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