Lipoid Pneumonia in a Gas Station Attendant

Figure 2

(a) PA chest radiograph: consolidations at lung bases. (b) Chest HRCT: nonhomogeneous consolidations, ground-glass opacities, areas of fibrosis with parenchymal beams, and bronchiectasis traction. (c) Segmental pulmonary lavage fluid: cloudy with halo of fatty supernatant. (d) Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: presence of macrophages with foamy cytoplasm showing positive oil red O staining. (e) Histopathologic section of lung (oil red O, 400x) showing orange-colored lipid contents “lipid laden macrophages.”

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