A case with plastic bronchitis mimicking foreign body aspiration

Objective & Hypothesis:Plastic bronchitis is a rare pulmonary disorder associated with various conditions like cystic fi brosis, asthma, pulmonary infection and cyanotic congenital cardiac diseases.

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Key Findings & Data:Diagnosis of plastic bronchitis is made by means of bronchoscopy and/or evidence of the characteristic bronchial casts.

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Conclusion & Impact:Here we report a case of a 7-year-old boy with mild persistant asthma who developed plastic bronchitis mimicking foreign body aspiration

🔬Design:Research Article

📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample

⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Plastic bronchitis is a rare pulmonary disorder associated with various conditions like cystic fi brosis, asthma, pulmonary infection and cyanotic congenital cardiac diseases. Diagnosis of plastic bronchitis is made by means of bronchoscopy and/or evidence of the characteristic bronchial casts. Here we report a case of a 7-year-old boy with mild persistant asthma who developed plastic bronchitis mimicking foreign body aspiration

Özet

Plastik bronşit kistik fibrozis, astım, pulmoner infeksiyon ve siyanotik konjenital kalp hastalıkları gibi değişik durumlarla ilişkili nadir görülen bir pulmoner hastalıktır. Plastik bronşit tanısı esas olarak bronkoskopi ve/veya karakteristik bronşial plakların görülmesi ile konulmaktadır. Burada yabancı cisim aspirasyonunu taklit eden plastik bronşit gelişen 7 yaşında hafif persistan astımlı bir olgu sunulacaktır

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Cite This Article

IŞIK, S., FİLİBELİ, B. E., SÖZMEN, Ş. Ç., DİVARCI, E., GÜLERYÜZ, H., UZUNER, N., KARAMAN, Ö. (2015). A case with plastic bronchitis mimicking foreign body aspiration. Astım Allerji İmmünoloji, Cilt: 13 - Sayı: 3, 144–147. https://ajindex.com/articles/203680

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