A case of plastic bronchitis after mitral valve surgery in an adult

Masanori Ogiwara; Maki Ichinose; Yoshifumi Nishino; Masahiko Ozaki; Takuya Miyahara

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3961

Clinical Case Reports (Apr 2021)

A case of plastic bronchitis after mitral valve surgery in an adult

Masanori Ogiwara,
Maki Ichinose,
Yoshifumi Nishino,
Masahiko Ozaki,
Takuya Miyahara

Affiliations

Masanori Ogiwara: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Showa General Hospital Tokyo Japan
Maki Ichinose: Department of Anesthesiology Showa General Hospital Tokyo Japan
Yoshifumi Nishino: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Showa General Hospital Tokyo Japan
Masahiko Ozaki: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Showa General Hospital Tokyo Japan
Takuya Miyahara: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Showa General Hospital Tokyo Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3961
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 2122 – 2124

Abstract

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Abstract Plastic bronchitis is a rare and fatal disease that is characterized by the presence of long dendritic bronchial casts in the airway. It is encountered most frequently in children with congenital heart disease after correction surgery. We reported a case of plastic bronchitis after mitral valve surgery in a 70‐year‐old woman.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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