Idiopathic Lipoid Pneumonia: An incidental finding in autopsy specimen

• Main Authors: Deepshikha Rana (Author), Nidhi Kaushik (Author), Shreya Sadhu (Author), Rajnish Kalra (Author), Rajeev Sen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lipoid pneumonia is a rare form of pneumonia which was initially described to be caused by inhalation or aspiration of fatty substances. Certain autopsy studies have reported the incidence to be 1.0-2.5%. Based on the mode of lipid acquisition, it has been classified into endogenous, exogenous or id...