Plastic Bronchitis in an Adult with Asthma.
10.4046/trd.2012.73.2.122
- Author:
Eun Jin KIM
1
;
Jung Eun PARK
;
Dong Hoon KIM
;
Jaehee LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gumi Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Gumi, Korea. kejean@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Bronchitis;
Etiology;
Asthma;
Adult
- MeSH:
Adult;
Airway Obstruction;
Asthma;
Bronchitis;
Child;
Eosinophils;
Gelatin;
Heart Diseases;
Humans;
Korea;
Plastics;
Rare Diseases
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2012;73(2):122-126
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Plastic bronchitis is a rare disease characterized by marked airway obstruction, via the formation of large gelatinous or rigid airway cast. In Korea, there were a few case reports with plastic bronchitis not in adults, but in children. So we report a case of an adult who was diagnosed as plastic bronchitis with eosinophilic casts, with no history of atopic and cardiac disease.
