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Chemical Pneumonia And Dermatitis Caused By Kerosene

Moshe Nussinovitch, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics Hasharon Hospital Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University Petah Tiqva, Israel

Jacob Amir, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics Hasharon Hospital Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University Petah Tiqva, Israel

Itzhak Varsano, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics Hasharon Hospital Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University Petah Tiqva, Israel

Hydrocarbons cause poisoning in humans through ingestion and aspiration, 1-8 but usually not by inhalation. Inhalation of kerosene as a cause of pneumonitis is reported in animals.9,10 We present a case of pneumonia combined with contact dermatitis caused by kerosene inhalation as a consequence of an unusual use of this substance as folk medicine for upper respiratory tract infection.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 31, No. 9, 574 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289203100915
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