Mineral Oil Pneumonia
Authors: ALBERT MILLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Case Studies1 October 1962Mineral Oil PneumoniaALBERT MILLER, M.D., RICHARD A. BADER, M.D., MORTIMER E. BADER, M.D., ALVIN S. TEIRSTEIN, M.D., IRVING J. SELIKOFF, M.D.ALBERT MILLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RICHARD A. BADER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MORTIMER E. BADER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALVIN S. TEIRSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, IRVING J. SELIKOFF, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-4-627 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMineral oil pneumonia may be defined as the inflammatory, granulomatous, and fibrotic reaction of the lung to the aspiration of mineral oil. It is to be differentiated from endogenous lipoid pneumonias such as cholesterol pneumonia (resulting from the breakdown of bound intracellular lipids secondary to suppuration), fat embolism, and lipoid histiocytoses affecting the lung (1-3).The importance of aspirated oils in the production of pulmonary lesions was first recognized in animals, in 1920 (4, 5). In 1925, Laughlen (6) described 4 cases in man, due to mineral oil. Numerous case reports, postmortem findings, and reviews have appeared since (7-13).Mineral...References1. CLAGETTMCDONALD OTJR: Bronchiectasis and lipoid pneumonitis associated with a large aberrant pulmonary artery. Proc. Mayo Clin. 20: 1, 1945. Google Scholar2. MCDONALDHODGSON JRCH: The problem of lipoid pneumonia or granuloma of the lung. Med. Clin. N. Amer. July: 989, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BUECHNERSTRUG HALH: Lipoid granuloma of the lung of exogenous origin. Dis. Chest 29: 401, 1956. Google Scholar4. 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Clark Foundation.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Mortimer E. Bader, M.D., The Mount Sinai Hospital, Fifth Avenue and One Hundredth Street, New York 29, New York. 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