KEROSENE PNEUMONITIS TREATED WITH ADRENAL STEROIDS

1 March 1961

journal article
research article
Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine

Vol. 54 (3) , 559-566
https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-3-559

Abstract

An adult patient developed a severe pneumo -nitis, with subsequent bronchiectasis and liver damage, secondary to the accidental ingestion and inhalation of a kerosene preparation (Ultrasene). He improved dramatically following administration of steroids, relapsed upon their withdrawal, and responded when steroids were administered again. Adrenal steroids may prove useful in the treatment of toxic pneumonitis secondary to inhalation or ingestion of kerosene or other related hydrocarbons.

Keywords

ADRENAL GLANDS
KEROSENE
PNEUMONIA
STEROIDS

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KEROSENE INTOXICATION
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1944