[ARDS after Incidental Aspiration of Petroleum in an Adult]. / ARDS nach akzidentieller Aspiration von Petroleum bei einem Erwachsenen.

Petroleum aspiration as a reason for lipid pneumonia is a rare complication. Mostly children are affected and mortality rates are low. In most case series, virtually every subject survived.We describe here the case of a patient who developed ARDS and pneumatoceles with a fatal outcome. Due to the undulant nature of the disease, multipe thoracic CT were performed, enabling us to describe the precise radiologic course of the disease.