Fire breathing pneumonia

Moore, M.; Fitzgerald, E.; Bennett, M.

Irish Medical Journal 95(9): 276-277

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102
PMID: 12470000
Document Number: 550118
Rounded lesions on chest x-ray can often be difficult both to diagnose and to treat. We report a case of a right middle lobe lesion in a young, previously healthy patient who presented with pleurtic chest pain and haemoptysis. His symptoms and chest x-ray appearance were caused by exposure to paraffin oil (kerosene), a substance commonly used for medical as well as domestic purposes.

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