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| Year : 1998 | Volume
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FNAC diagnosis of lipoid pneumonia in infants and children
GV Manjunath1, NM Nandini2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, JSS Medical College, Mysore, India
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, JSS Medical College, Mysore, India
Correspondence Address:
G V Manjunath
Department of Pathology, JSS Medical College, Shivarathreshwara Nagar, Mysore
India
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Forcible administration of Castor oil as a laxative to infants and children is a tradition in South India. Accidental inhalation may result in a resistant form of exogenous lipoid pneumonia. In a series of 25 cases of lipoid pneumonia, 22 cases which were diagnosed by FNAC are reported. The technique is described and results analysed.
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