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Case Reports
. 2000 May-Jun;24(3):448-50.
doi: 10.1097/00004728-200005000-00017.

Fire eater's pneumonia: radiographic and CT findings

T Franquet  1 , D Gómez-Santos, A Giménez, S Torrubia, J M Monill
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Fire eater's pneumonia: radiographic and CT findings

T Franquet et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2000 May-Jun.

Abstract

Acute aspiration of petroleum by fire eaters can cause a distinct type of chemical pneumonitis known as fire eater's pneumonia that manifests on radiologic studies with unilateral or bilateral lung consolidations, well defined nodules, and pneumatoceles. We report three cases of fire eater's pneumonia that manifested with well-defined cavitary nodules (pneumatoceles) on radiographs and CT. One patient developed a bronchopleural fistula and spontaneous pyopneumothorax. CT is valuable for identifying and localizing complications to guide therapy.

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