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A Case of Lipoid Pneumonia with Hypercalcemia Caused by SqualelneⓇ Intake by Force
Young Kyoun Kim, Ho Suk Kang, Seung Cheol Lee, Chong Guk Lee, Sang Woo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(12):1745-1749.   Published online December 15, 1997
Lipoid pneumonia is a chronic, interstitial, proliferative inflammation resulting from aspiration of lipoid material and occurs principally in debilated infants. We experienced a case of lipoid pneumonia with hypercalcemia in a 15 month-old boy who showed irritability, poor weight gain, cough, dyspnea, fatigue, diarrhea and pale face after ingestion of SqualeneⓇ(shark liver oil : 20-30 cap/day) by force for 2 months. Calcium preparation was also...


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