Lipoid pneumonia. An infrequent cause of pulmonary infiltrates
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Abstract
The presence of pulmonary infiltrates is a frequent finding that includes a large differential
diagnosis based on many occasions in the clinical history. Among them, exogenous lipoid pneumonia
represents a rare entity and a high index of suspicion is necessary to reach its diagnosis and prevent
its progression. In these cases, an adequate clinical context and a CT with opacities and low density
areas are highly suggestive of the disease. We present a case of exogenous lipoid pneumonia secondary
to the continued use of oily substances at the nasal level, due to his antecedents and the diagnostic
possibilities after the CT findings, histological confirmation was required.
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Pneumonia, lipid, diagnosis, differential, tomography X-Ray computed
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