Abstract

QUINTANILLA-GALLO, Juvel; JIMENEZ-NAVARRETE, Manuel Fco  and  GOURZONG-TAYLOR, Charles. Neumonía lipoidea exógena aguda, a propósito de un "come fuego". Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2006, vol.48, n.1, pp.43-45. ISSN 0001-6002.

A case of a 19 year-old juggler and fire manipulator came in to the medical emergency service of the Hospital "Dr. Rafael A. Calderón Guardia" because of a sudden episode of right thoracic pain and dyspnea. A right pleural effusion was documented and a round mass at the base of the left lung. Since at the beginning it was clinically suggestive of community acquired pneumonia he was treated as such. Later on the case was presented in medical rounds and given his work history and clinical characteristics, it was felt that he had "fire-eater" pneumonia, an uncommon type of aspiration pneumonia. A review of the literature is presented.

Keywords : lipoid pneumonia; aspiration pneumonia; fire-eater pneumonia.