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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.9111
Is it safe to work in a fast-food kitchen? a case of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax with cholesterol granuloma
Timuçin Alar1, Aslı Muratlı2, Ahmet Uludağ3, İsmail Ertuğrul Gedik1
1Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
2Departments of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
3Departments of Medical Genetics, Medical Faculty of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.9111
Cholesterol granulomas are defined as cystic lesions
containing cholesterol crystals surrounded by foreign
body giant cells, fibrous tissue reaction and chronic
inflammation. A 31-year-old male patient presented at
the thoracic surgery outpatient clinic with a left apical
recurrent pneumothorax. Bullectomy with multiple wedge
resections was performed through a mini-thoracotomy.
Histopathological examination of the resection material
showed emphysematous lung and bullae + cholesterol
granuloma. The patient had been working in a fast-food
kitchen and at the french fries section, in particular, for
nearly the past four years and had been exposed through
inhalation to exogenous oil and oil products derived
from vaporized vegetable and animal oil. We believe
that staff working at a fast food kitchen and at the french
fries section, in particular, should work using protective
measures such as a mask and good ventilation.
Keywords : Cholesterol granuloma; lung; pneumothorax; surgery
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