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Paraffin-Vaseline-Oil-Lipids (Mineral or other) p.o./inhaled/aspirated

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

I.s

A mass or masses

Publications

Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus T, Haeckel T, Wagner T, Scheidt Wv

[Lipoid pneumonia - an underestimated syndrome].

Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946). 2010;135(1-2):27-31

Mokhlesi B, Angulo-Zereceda D, Yaghmai V

False-positive FDG-PET scan secondary to lipoid pneumonia mimicking a solid pulmonary nodule.

Annals of nuclear medicine. 2007;21(7):411-4

Adkins D, Bensadoun ES

An 85-year-old man with a lung mass.

Chest. 2004;125(3):1121-3