대한흉부영상의학회 Weekly Chest Cases

Figure 1.

Diagnosis: Paraquat poisoning
Radiologic Findings: He had a history of chilling, nausea vomiting for 2 hours. About 4 hours ago, he drank paraquat by mistake. Chest CT demonstrated multiple GGA in both lungs, mainly in both lower lungs. GGA looks like crazy paving pattern. Mediastinal setting of chest CT image shows no lymphadenopathy and bilateral scanty pleural effusion. Initial chest radiography shows no active lung lesion but just after 3 days, patchy increased opacities developed in both lower lungs.
Brief Review: Paraquat (1 ,1
References: 1. Paraquat poisonings : mechanisms of lung toxicity, clinical features, and treatment. R.J Dinis-Oliveira et al. Critical reviews in toxicology 38:1,13-71:2008
2. Paraquat poisoning : findings on chest radiography and CT in 42 patients. Jung Gi Im et al. AJR 157:697-701:1991:10
3. Paraquat poisoning of the lung : Thin section CT findings. Sang Hun Lee et al. Radiology 1995;195:271-274
Keywords: lung, inhalation,

- Medical College Chest Hospital,Thrissur,Kerala , India Raveendran TK
- McGill university , Canada Badriya Al-qassabi
- IRSA La Rochelle France , France Denis Chabassiere
- China Medical University , Chia-Yi Christian Hospital ,Taiwan, R.O.C. , Taiwan Jun Jun Yeh
- IRCCS Istituto Oncologico - Bari , Italy Carlo Florio

대한흉부영상의학회 Korean Society of Thoracic Radiology