Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. Plastic Bronchitis is a rare condition characterized by the formation of branching gelatinous casts of the bronchial tree which lead to regional airway obstruction. There are thought to be two classifications of casts; type I being the format...

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Main Authors: Savajiyani S, Shamsid-Deen N, Alalawi R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2018-07-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2018/7/25/medical-image-of-the-week-plastic-bronchitis-in-an-adult-lun.html
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spelling doaj-a2c20738552140299fff6a1aa0be895d2020-11-25T00:03:31ZengArizona Thoracic SocietySouthwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care2160-67732018-07-01171394010.13175/swjpcc088-18Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patientSavajiyani S 0Shamsid-Deen N 1Alalawi R2University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ USAUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ USAUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ USANo abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. Plastic Bronchitis is a rare condition characterized by the formation of branching gelatinous casts of the bronchial tree which lead to regional airway obstruction. There are thought to be two classifications of casts; type I being the formation of cellular inflammatory casts while type II are acellular. This entity is a well described complication of the Fontan procedure, a therapeutic intervention in pediatric patients with univentricular congenital heart disease (1). The condition is less well reported and thus recognized in adult populations (2). Our patient is a 37-year-old man who is status post bilateral lung transplantation undertaken for severe workplace inhalation injury complicated by constrictive bronchiolitis-obliterans. Post-transplant, the patient suffered from refractory severe persistent asthma of the donor lung and therefore was scheduled for elective initial bronchial thermoplasty. Post-procedure the patient developed progressive respiratory distress and ultimately extremis requiring mechanical ventilation. Pulse-dose corticosteroids were initiated given a suspected etiology of …http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2018/7/25/medical-image-of-the-week-plastic-bronchitis-in-an-adult-lun.htmlbronchitisplastic bronchitisbronchiolitistransplantationlung transplantationcomplicationCT scanbronchial castpathophysiology
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Shamsid-Deen N
Alalawi R
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Shamsid-Deen N
Alalawi R
Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient
Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
bronchitis
plastic bronchitis
bronchiolitis
transplantation
lung transplantation
complication
CT scan
bronchial cast
pathophysiology
author_facet Savajiyani S
Shamsid-Deen N
Alalawi R
author_sort Savajiyani S
title Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient
title_short Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient
title_full Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient
title_fullStr Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient
title_full_unstemmed Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient
title_sort medical image of the week: plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient
publisher Arizona Thoracic Society
series Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
issn 2160-6773
publishDate 2018-07-01
description No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. Plastic Bronchitis is a rare condition characterized by the formation of branching gelatinous casts of the bronchial tree which lead to regional airway obstruction. There are thought to be two classifications of casts; type I being the formation of cellular inflammatory casts while type II are acellular. This entity is a well described complication of the Fontan procedure, a therapeutic intervention in pediatric patients with univentricular congenital heart disease (1). The condition is less well reported and thus recognized in adult populations (2). Our patient is a 37-year-old man who is status post bilateral lung transplantation undertaken for severe workplace inhalation injury complicated by constrictive bronchiolitis-obliterans. Post-transplant, the patient suffered from refractory severe persistent asthma of the donor lung and therefore was scheduled for elective initial bronchial thermoplasty. Post-procedure the patient developed progressive respiratory distress and ultimately extremis requiring mechanical ventilation. Pulse-dose corticosteroids were initiated given a suspected etiology of …
topic bronchitis
plastic bronchitis
bronchiolitis
transplantation
lung transplantation
complication
CT scan
bronchial cast
pathophysiology
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