Escarraga-Valle YS, Reyes-Gómez U, Perea-Martínez A, Reyes-Hernández MU, Reyes-Hernández DP, Reyes-Hernández KL, de la Osa-Busto M, Gutierrrez-Ortíz CH

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ABSTRACT

Introduction. Cures for stomach ache enters the field of selfmedication, which not infrequently, aggravate the clinical pictures such as the case of gastroenteritis.
Clinical case. Infant female who attended in the last two weeks with clinical gastroenteral, finally diagnosed as rotavirus gastroenteritis, characterized by abdominal distention, mucosal diarrhoea and occasionally vomiting. Initially the patient received multiple drug treatments, subsequently she was treated with traditional medicine, where vegetable oil associated with other herbs was administrated to her. Subsequent to this it begins with progressive respiratory distress, fever and cyanosis. On admission: respiratory rate of 86 bpm, peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (Spo2) of 68%, general complaint complained of Silveman Andersen of 6 and abundant bilateral bronchioalveolar rales in the lung fields. In the chest radiograph we document bilateral infiltrates with air bronchogram as finding radiopaque image (vegetable oil residual in the gastric chamber). She was hospitalized with intensive management for 12 days, and released by improvement.
Conclusions. The diagnosis of exogenous lipoid pneumonia is suspected in previously healthy patient with breathing difficulty, initiating sudden unexplained by other causes and where documented medicated oil administration.

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