In plastic bronchitis, the lymph fluid leaks into the airways deep in the lungs, a place it would usually never go. Once there, the liquid solidifies, obstructing the flow and exchange of oxygen.

In this rare condition, called plastic bronchitis, patients develop thick, caulk-like casts that form in the branching paths of their airways. Advanced Search Home ...

Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 2014 – A case study published recently in the journal Pediatrics describes an innovative, minimally invasive procedure that treated plastic bronchitis, a potentially life ...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphatic Plastic Bronchitis in Adults Using Advanced Lymphatic Imaging and Percutaneous Embolization. Annals of the American Thoracic Society , 2016; DOI: 10.1513 ...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10 (UPI) --Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, or CHOP, are using new imaging and surgery techniques to successfully treat adults with plastic bronchitis ...

Plastic bronchitis is a rare but serious late complication in patients with congenital heart disease who had Fontan surgery. A report detailing the discovery of this fluid leak, ...

Plastic bronchitis may occur in children as a rare complication of early-childhood heart surgeries used for single-ventricle disease, in which one of the heart's pumping chambers is severely ...

A case study published recently in the journal Pediatrics describes an innovative, minimally invasive procedure that treated plastic bronchitis, a potentially life-threatening disease, in a six ...

Plastic bronchitis is a rare lung condition in which fluid gets collected in the airways, hardening into rubbery plugs like thick glue. These plugs block the airways in lungs, making it hard to ...