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Case No : 1261 Date 2021-12-20

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  • Courtesy of June Young Seo / Seoul National University Hospital
  • Age/Sex 59 / M
  • Chief ComplaintIncidental chest CT abnormality
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Lipoid pneumonia
Radiologic Findings
Chest CT scan shows multifocal patchy GGOs with crazy-paving pattern in both lungs, with central portion predominancy.
This patient had taken Omega-3 oil for 5 to 6 years.
Brief Review
Lipoid pneumonia is uncommon and, although it is difficult to determine the precise clinical incidence, autopsy series have reported a frequency of only 1.0
Please refer to
Case 1069, Case 747, Case 639, Case 554, Case 134, Case 24,
KSTR imaging conference 2018 Spring  Case 5 ,
KSTR Imaging conference 2010 Summer  Case 9 ,
KSTR Imaging conference 2009 Summer  Case 8 ,
KSTR Imaging Conference 2004 Summer  Case 7 ,
KSTR Imaging Conference 2002 Summer  Case 7 ,
KSTR Imaging Conference 2001 Spring  Case 4,
References
1. Bentacourt SL, Martinez S, Rossi SE, Truong MT, Carrillo J, Erasmus JJ, Lipoid Pneumonia
Keywords

No. of Applicants : 93

▶ Correct Answer : 4/93,  4.3%
  • - Az Osp Santa Maria Terni , Italy ANGELO CARLONI
  • - , Italy PAOLO BALDASSARI
  • - Other , Korea (South) JOO HEE KIM
  • - Azienda Ospedaliera di Cremona , Italy Pietro Sergio
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 21/93,  22.6%
  • - Mayo Clinic , United States AKITOSHI INOUE
  • - McGill University Health Center , Canada ALEXANDRE SEMIONOV
  • - Tiger Gate Hospital , Japan SHIN-ICHI CHO
  • - Vita Hospital , Brazil DIOGO LAGO PINHEIRO
  • - Other , Korea (South) SEONGSU KANG
  • - , China FANG YING GEN
  • - Osaka University , Japan AKINORI HATA
  • - Japanese Red Cross Medical Center , Japan YASUSHI AOYAGI
  • - Kyoto University Hospital , Japan YASUHISA KURATA
  • - , Korea (South) EUNJIN LEE
  • - , Korea (South) CHAEHUN LIM
  • - Osaka City General Hospital , Japan SHU MATSUSHITA
  • - Other , Korea (South) MINSU KIM
  • - University of Tsukuba, Dept of Radiology , Japan MANABU MINAMI
  • - Kyoto University Hospital , Japan SATOSHI IKEDA
  • - , Japan SOTA MASUOKA
  • - Toranomon Hospital , Japan KAORU SUMIDA
  • - , Japan KANA TANAKA
  • - , Japan YUKI HAYASHI
  • - the first affiliatited hospital of nanjing medical univercity , China HAI XU
  • - Jiangsu province hospital , China WANGJIAN ZHA
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