A case of plastic bronchitis after mitral valve surgery in an adult

Plastic bronchitis is a rare and fatal disease that is characterized by the presence of long dendritic bronchial casts in the airway. It is encountered most frequently in children with congenital heart disease after correction surgery. We reported a case of plastic bronchitis after mitral valve surg...

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Autores principales: Ogiwara, Masanori, Ichinose, Maki, Nishino, Yoshifumi, Ozaki, Masahiko, Miyahara, Takuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8077369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3961
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Sumario:Plastic bronchitis is a rare and fatal disease that is characterized by the presence of long dendritic bronchial casts in the airway. It is encountered most frequently in children with congenital heart disease after correction surgery. We reported a case of plastic bronchitis after mitral valve surgery in a 70‐year‐old woman.

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