Diagnosis and treatment of lymphatic plastic bronchitis in adults using advanced lymphatic imaging and percutaneous embolization

MG Itkin, FX McCormack, Y Dori - Annals of the American Thoracic …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Plastic bronchitis is a condition characterized by expectoration of branching
bronchial casts. Although the mechanism of cast formation in adults with plastic bronchitis …

Percutaneous lymphatic embolization of abnormal pulmonary lymphatic flow as treatment of plastic bronchitis in patients with congenital heart disease

Y Dori, MS Keller, JJ Rome, MJ Gillespie, AC Glatz… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Plastic bronchitis is a potentially fatal disorder occurring in children with single-
ventricle physiology, and other diseases, as well, such as asthma. In this study, we report …

Successful treatment of plastic bronchitis by selective lymphatic embolization in a Fontan patient

Y Dori, MS Keller, J Rychik, M Itkin - Pediatrics, 2014 - publications.aap.org
Plastic bronchitis is a rare and often fatal complication of single-ventricle surgical palliation
after total cavopulmonary connection. Although lymphatic abnormalities have been …

Pediatric pulmonary lymphatic flow disorders: diagnosis and management

DM Biko, Y Dori, M Savoca, G Krishnamurthy… - Paediatric Respiratory …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pulmonary lymphatic flow disorders involve the abnormal lymphatic flow via lymphatic
channels to the lungs and pleural space. Plastic bronchitis and chylothorax are the main …

Interventional treatment of pulmonary lymphatic anomalies

M Itkin - Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Pulmonary lymphatic diseases have been recognized for many years and have been
referred as pulmonary lymphangiectasia, pulmonary lymphangiomatosis, plastic bronchitis …

Plastic bronchitis

BK Rubin - Clin Chest Med, 2016 - books.google.com
Plastic bronchitis with cohesive branching airway casts should not be confused with the
more common, but smaller and more etiologically distinct, casts that are associated with …

Clinical characteristics of plastic bronchitis in children: a retrospective analysis of 43 cases

J Huang, X Yang, Z Zhuo, L Yuan - Respiratory Research, 2022 - Springer
Background With an increase in the diagnosis of plastic bronchitis (PB) cases, to enhance
paediatricians' knowledge and add to the few existing studies, we explored the clinical …

Pediatric plastic bronchitis: case report and retrospective comparative analysis of epidemiology and pathology

R Kunder, C Kunder, HY Sun, G Berry… - Case reports in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a pathologic condition in which airway casts develop in the
tracheobronchial tree causing airway obstruction. There is no standard treatment strategy for …

Management of plastic bronchitis with topical tissue-type plasminogen activator

E Gibb, R Blount, N Lewis, D Nielson, G Church… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
Plastic bronchitis or cast bronchitis is a rare disease of unclear etiology characterized by
formation of airway casts that can lead to life-threatening airway obstruction. There is …

Plastic bronchitis: new insights and a classification scheme

P Madsen, SA Shah, BK Rubin - Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Plastic bronchitis is a rare disease in which there is the formation of large gelatinous or rigid
branching airway casts. The history of the disease is reviewed and a classification system is …