Lipoid pneumonia is a specific form of lung inflammation (pneumonia) that develops when lipids enter the bronchial tree. The disorder is sometimes called cholesterol pneumonia in cases where that lipid is a factor.
The pneumonia presents as a foreign body reaction causing cough, dyspnea, and often fever. Hemoptysis has also been reported.
Sources of such lipids could be either exogenous or endogenous Exogenous: from outside the body. For example, inhaled nose drops with an oil base, or accidental ...
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