title: [Acute plastic bronchitis--case report].
abstract: Plastic bronchitis is a rare disorder characterized by formation and sometimes dramatic expectoration of bronchial casts. It may occur at any age, but most published cases refer to pediatric population. We report a case of an 81-year-old man hospitalized at intensive care unit, who presented with the appearance of plastic bronchitis type I. He had profuse expectoration of several pieces, a few cm long and up to 1 cm wide, of wormlike reddish-brownish "tissue". Histologically, it was a slimy purulent secretion with abundant fibrin and blood and with cytopathic effect of herpes virus. The pathogenesis of plastic bronchitis is not clear.
authors.affiliation: Merkur University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. gordana.cavric1@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavrić
authors.forename: Slavica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naumovski-Mihalić
authors.forename: Ika
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kardum-Skelin
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dzebro
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jelić-Puskarić
authors.forename: Dunja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sustercić
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skurla
authors.forename: Ivica Premuzić
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Mestrović
authors.forename: Tajana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Filipec-Kanizaj
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Prkacin
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartolek
authors.forename: Klara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jurić
authors.forename: Domagoj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mosler
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male