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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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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Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient |
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Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient |
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Medical image of the week: Plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient |
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medical image of the week: plastic bronchitis in an adult lung transplant patient |
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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 … |
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bronchitis plastic bronchitis bronchiolitis transplantation lung transplantation complication CT scan bronchial cast pathophysiology |
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