Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4221419 | Clinical Imaging | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A 67-year-old female ex-smoker was referred to our hospital after chest radiographs revealed a nonresolving opacity in the right lower lung. Her past medical history was significant for laryngeal cancer. A whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) confirmed an ill-defined fluorodeoxyglucose-avid peribronchial opacity in the right middle and inferior lobes. The CT component of the study showed focal areas of low attenuation within the lung opacity; these focal areas followed fat signal intensity on a magnetic resonance study, confirming the suspicion of exogenous lipoid pneumonia. The patient admitted to applying petroleum jelly (Vaseline) to her tracheostomy in order to moisturize the area around the stoma.
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Authors
Luis Gorospe, José Ignacio Gallego-Rivera, Asunción Hervás-Morón,