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Volume 339:1947-1948 December 24, 1998 Number 26
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A Risk of Mineral Oil

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by Berg, B. W.
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To the Editor: Irrespective of physicians' preferences, mineral oil is still very much in use, portending the uncommon risk of lipoid pneumonia, which was the subject of the February 19 Images in Clinical Medicine by Berg and Saenger.1 In an assessment of major supermarkets and pharmacies, I found that all stocked two to four brands of mineral oil as well as two brands combining it with milk of magnesia. The directions on the labels of the combinations allowed the use of the product either at bedtime or on arising, but the labels on the containers of plain mineral oil all . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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