Acute plastic bronchitis.

D. Vijayasekaran, Arunraj Sambandam, N. C. Gowrishankar

PubMed · 2004 · 11 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Plastic bronchitis is a rare disorder characterized by the formation of bronchial cast. The etiology is obscure, though usually associated with conditions like asthma, aspergillosis, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis and cardiac problems.