Accidental poisoning of hydrocarbon in a child complicated lung abscess : a case report

Dondo Mara; Francois Kouda; Anas Mimi Lahlou; Meriem Haloua; Badr Alami; Youssef Alaoui Lamrani; Mustapha Maaroufi; Meryem Boubbou

doi:10.11604/pamj-cm.2020.2.146.22432

PAMJ Clinical Medicine (Apr 2020)

Accidental poisoning of hydrocarbon in a child complicated lung abscess : a case report

Dondo Mara,
Francois Kouda,
Anas Mimi Lahlou,
Meriem Haloua,
Badr Alami,
Youssef Alaoui Lamrani,
Mustapha Maaroufi,
Meryem Boubbou

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Dondo Mara: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
Francois Kouda: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
Anas Mimi Lahlou: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
Meriem Haloua: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
Badr Alami: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
Youssef Alaoui Lamrani: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
Mustapha Maaroufi: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco
Meryem Boubbou: Department of Radiology, Mother and Child Hassan II University Hospital, Fes, Morocco

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj-cm.2020.2.146.22432
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 146

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Accidental hydrocarbon poisoning encountered in children is often a cause of pneumonia without complications or sequelae. We report a new case of pneumonitis hydrocarbons complicated parenchymatous lung abscess in a child of 3 years following accidental ingestion. The particularity of this clinical case is the scarcity of previous study.

Published in PAMJ Clinical Medicine

ISSN: 2707-2797 (Online)
Publisher: PAMJ
Country of publisher: Kenya
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/

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