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Lipoid pneumonia is a chronic, interstitial, proliferative inflammation resulting from aspiration of
lipoid material; it occurs principally in debilitated infants.
Animal oils, owing to their high fatty acid content, are the most damaging.
There are no characteristic signs or symptoms; cough is most common and in severe cases there
may be dyspnea.
We have experenced one case of lipoid pneumonia cause by an aspiration of... |