[Diagnostic image (375). A boy with a diffuse opacity of the left hemithorax].
A 3-year-old boy with a diffuse opacity of the left hemithorax was suffering from plastic bronchitis. A cast mainly consisting of eosinophils was removed from the left bronchial tree.
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Afd. Kindergeneeskunde, VU Medisch Centrum, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam.
van Heerde
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D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009093:Mucus / Q000378:metabolism; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012074:Remission Induction