A 17-year-old African American male with poorly controlled moderate persistent asthma
presented with cough, fever, and right sided chest pain. Chest radiograph at presentation …

Introduction Plastic bronchitis is a rare, life-threatening condition where the bronchial tree
segments become obstructed by intrabronchial casts. We present a rare case of extensive …

A 35-year-old female in the 30th week of her 6th pregnancy presented with a history of
dyspnea, cough, and frequent bronchial cast expectoration. The symptoms began after her …

Rationale: Plastic bronchitis is a condition characterized by expectoration of branching
bronchial casts. Although the mechanism of cast formation in adults with plastic bronchitis …

Plastic bronchitis is a rare disease with serious morbidity. We report a case of a 48-year-old
male smoker with a past medical history of diabetes, emphysema, recurrent respiratory …

Plastic bronchitis is a life‐threatening condition of airway obstructive cast formation. This
pediatric case series from a high altitude center details the course of three patients after …

In this month's issue of AnnalsATS, Itkin and colleagues (pp. 1689–1696) provide strong
evidence that at least some forms of plastic bronchitis, a rare syndrome characterized by the …

Introduction: Eosinophilic Plastic Bronchitis (EPB) is a subtype of plastic bronchitis
composed of Type 1 inflammatory casts that can present with acute respiratory failure or …

A 58-year-old woman was admitted due to a year-long worsening cough with increasingly
thick phlegm, occasionally forming tree branch-like casts (Figure 1A). She had no notable …

Objectives To review clinical presentations and management strategies for children with
plastic bronchitis. Methods Retrospective chart review. Results Seven patients required rigid …