ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Plastic Bronchitis: Extensive Cast Expectoration in a 6-Year-Old Boy with Fontan Circulation.
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- Unilateral "white lung" in a child revealing plastic bronchitis: A reversible cause of airway obstruction.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- New Improvements in Pediatric Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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We report on a 6-year-old boy with underlying hypoplastic left heart syndrome and a total cavopulmonary connection (Fontan circulation) with a diagnosis of plastic bronchitis. After an initial good response to therapy, his productive cough became significantly stronger again. Four months later, the patient's mother brought a preserving jar containing an extensive bronchial cast to the clinic, the size of which is rarely seen in small children. Plastic bronchitis is a rare but dreaded complication in patients with Fontan circulation as well as in infectious or inflammatory diseases; its treatment is challenging.
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