Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis

The practice of manual siphoning of diesel from fuel tanks is common among automobile mechanics in Nepal. When an automobile mechanic with a history of diesel siphonage presents with respiratory symptoms, the diesel siphoner's lung diagnosis should be considered. Clinical suspicion confirmed by...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Tirtha Man, Bhatta, Suraj, Balayar, Ramesh, Pokhrel, Sagar, Pant, Pankaj, Nepal, Gaurav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3545
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author Shrestha, Tirtha Man
Bhatta, Suraj
Balayar, Ramesh
Pokhrel, Sagar
Pant, Pankaj
Nepal, Gaurav
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description The practice of manual siphoning of diesel from fuel tanks is common among automobile mechanics in Nepal. When an automobile mechanic with a history of diesel siphonage presents with respiratory symptoms, the diesel siphoner's lung diagnosis should be considered. Clinical suspicion confirmed by radiological findings can help in early management and prevention of permanent damage.
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spelling pubmed-78131272021-01-26 Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis Shrestha, Tirtha Man Bhatta, Suraj Balayar, Ramesh Pokhrel, Sagar Pant, Pankaj Nepal, Gaurav Clin Case Rep Case Reports The practice of manual siphoning of diesel from fuel tanks is common among automobile mechanics in Nepal. When an automobile mechanic with a history of diesel siphonage presents with respiratory symptoms, the diesel siphoner's lung diagnosis should be considered. Clinical suspicion confirmed by radiological findings can help in early management and prevention of permanent damage. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7813127/ /pubmed/33505692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3545 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nepal, Gaurav
Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis
title Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis
title_full Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis
title_fullStr Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis
title_full_unstemmed Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis
title_short Diesel siphoner's lung: An unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis
title_sort diesel siphoner's lung: an unusual cause of hydrocarbon pneumonitis
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3545
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