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Gerald Marschke, MD; Harry Glenchur, MD, PhD
Los Angeles County-Olive View Medical Center

JAMA. 1973;226(1):81.

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To the Editor.—

The results of intravascular lipid injection in man are rarely seen, although there is a body of literature on the pulmonary complications of lymphangiography and hysterosalpingography. We recently observed a man who injected intravenously into himself an oily substance thought to be mineral oil.

Report of a Case.—

A 24-year-old male orderly with a history of drug abuse locked himself in his bathroom. When there was no response to parental entreaties, his father broke in to find that he had injected something from a container labeled "mineral oil." Unfortunately the father destroyed the container, but the patient subsequently admitted he injected 10 to 30 ml of the oil because he had been told it contained cocaine. Shortly after injection he experienced breathlessness, agitation, and general aching. Two days later, marked diaphoresis was present, and four days after injection he was brought to the hospital, cyanotic, with temperature . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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