Treatment of plastic bronchitis.
Plastic bronchitis may be seen after palliative surgery for cyanotic heart disease. Although type II (acellular) casts are seen more commonly, we describe a type I cast after palliative surgery for cyanotic heart disease in which ligation of thoracic duct did not result in complete resolution.
Nayar
Sushma
S
Department of Pathology, Frontier Lifeline, and Dr KM Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India. divya_s35@hotmail.com
Parmar
Ramesh
R
Kulkarni
Snehal
S
Cherian
Kotturathu Mammen
KM
D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male