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  • Title: Pulmonary infiltrates following butane 'fire-breathing'.
    Author: Cartwright TR, Brown ED, Brashear RE.
    Journal: Arch Intern Med; 1983 Oct; 143(10):2007-8. PubMed ID: 6625790.
    Abstract:
    Rapidly progressive bilateral pulmonary infiltrates occurred in a 19-year-old man following an unusual hydrocarbon abuse. The acute illness was the result of a "trick" known as "fire-breathing." Fire-breathing involves filling the oral cavity with butane gas, from an ordinary butane cigarette/cigar lighter, and exhalation of the volatile vapors over an open flame producing a flame-throwing effect. Because of the pulmonary toxic reaction, this activity could have a serious or even fatal outcome.
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