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Lipoid pneumonia screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ramyar Ghandriz MD[2]

Overview

Overview

There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for lipoid pneumonia.

Screening

Screening

  • There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for lipoid pneumonia..[1]
References

References

  1. Wright BA, Jeffrey PH (1990). “Lipoid pneumonia”. Semin Respir Infect. 5 (4): 314–21. PMID 2093976.

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