Plastic Bronchitis in an AIDS Patient with Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma

Plastic bronchitis is the expectoration of bronchial casts in the mold of the tracheobronchial tree. It is a rare occurrence of unknown etiology that has been primarily described in children with congenital heart disease. In this case report, we present the first reported case of plastic bronchitis...

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Autores principales: Habib, Sheila A., Vasko, Robert C., Badawy, Jack, Anstead, Gregory M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9736516
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author Habib, Sheila A.
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description Plastic bronchitis is the expectoration of bronchial casts in the mold of the tracheobronchial tree. It is a rare occurrence of unknown etiology that has been primarily described in children with congenital heart disease. In this case report, we present the first reported case of plastic bronchitis in a patient with pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma and underlying HIV infection.
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spelling pubmed-61809282018-10-24 Plastic Bronchitis in an AIDS Patient with Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma Habib, Sheila A. Vasko, Robert C. Badawy, Jack Anstead, Gregory M. Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report Plastic bronchitis is the expectoration of bronchial casts in the mold of the tracheobronchial tree. It is a rare occurrence of unknown etiology that has been primarily described in children with congenital heart disease. In this case report, we present the first reported case of plastic bronchitis in a patient with pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma and underlying HIV infection. Hindawi 2018-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6180928/ /pubmed/30363701 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9736516 Text en Copyright © 2018 Sheila A. Habib et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Plastic Bronchitis in an AIDS Patient with Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma
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title_short Plastic Bronchitis in an AIDS Patient with Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma
title_sort plastic bronchitis in an aids patient with pulmonary kaposi sarcoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9736516
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