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Acute Respiratory Disease Due to Methane Inhalation
Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul). 2013 Mar; 74(3): 120–123.
Published online 2013 Mar 29. doi: 10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.120
Jun Yeon Jo, M.D., Yong Sik Kwon, M.D., Jin Wook Lee, M.D.,1 Jae Seok Park, M.D., Byung Hak Rho, M.D., and Won-Il Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
Inhalation of toxic gases (click here) can lead to pneumonitis. It has been known that methane gas intoxication causes loss of consciousness or asphyxia. There is, however, a paucity of information about acute pulmonary toxicity from methane gas inhalation. A 21-year-old man was presented with respiratory distress after an accidental exposure to methane gas for one minute. He came in with a drowsy mentality and hypoxemia. Mechanical ventilation was applied immediately. The patient's symptoms and chest radiographic findings were consistent with acute pneumonitis. He recovered spontaneously and was discharged after 5 days without other specific treatment. His pulmonary function test, 4 days after methane gas exposure, revealed a restrictive ventilatory defect. In conclusion, acute pulmonary injury can occur with a restrictive ventilator defect after a short exposure to methane gas. The lung injury was spontaneously resolved without any significant sequela.
