- Case Report
- Fatal plastic bronchitis with eosinophilic casts in a previously healthy child
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Young Kuk Cho, Soo Min Oh, Woo-Yeon Choi, Eun Song Song, Dong-Kyun Han, Young-Ok Kim, Jae Sook Ma
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(9):1048-1052. Published online September 15, 2009
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Plastic bronchitis is a rare disease characterized by the recurrent formation of branching mucoid bronchial casts that are large and more cohesive than those that occur in ordinary mucus plugging. Casts may vary in size and can be spontaneously expectorated, but some require bronchoscopy for removal. Plastic bronchitis can therefore present as an acute life-threatening emergency if obstruction of the... |
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