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Original Article
Lipoid Pneumonia.
Chang Gee Kang, Ho Seong Kim, Jung Tak Kim, Dong Soo Kim, Eun Kyung Han, Kwang Gil Lee, In Joon Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(3):393-397.   Published online March 31, 1990
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...