Successful treatment of diffuse lipoid pneumonitis with whole lung lavage

H Y Chang; C W Chen; C Y Chen; T R Hsuie; C R Chen; W W Lei; M H Wu; Y T Jin

doi:10.1136/thx.48.9.947

Successful treatment of diffuse lipoid pneumonitis with whole lung lavage

Thorax. 1993 Sep;48(9):947-8. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.9.947.

Authors

H Y Chang¹, C W Chen, C Y Chen, T R Hsuie, C R Chen, W W Lei, M H Wu, Y T Jin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.

Abstract

Diffuse lipoid pneumonitis is rare. Prednisolone can be beneficial, but no other method of treatment has been tried. The first case of diffuse lipoid pneumonitis successfully managed with whole lung lavage is described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
Female
Humans
Lung / pathology
Pneumonia, Lipid / pathology
Pneumonia, Lipid / therapy*
Therapeutic Irrigation*