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Lymphatic plastic bronchitis: a study based on CT and MR lymphangiography.
BMC Med Imaging
December 2024
Department of Radiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Yangfangdian Tieyiyuan Road No.10, Haidian District, Beijing, 100038, China.
Objectives: To investigate the diagnostic value of CT lymphangiography (CTL) and non-contrast MR lymphangiography (MRL) in lymphatic plastic bronchitis.
Materials And Methods: The clinical and imaging data of 31 patients with lymphatic plastic bronchitis diagnosed by clinical, imaging and pathological results were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent CTL and MRL.
Plastic Bronchitis-A Promising Intervention for a Challenging Condition.
Pediatr Pulmonol
December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This report describes the case of a 9-year-old boy with a single ventricular pathway land complex cardiac issue. After multiple cardiac procedures, including a non-fenestrated Fontan shunt at the age of 5 years, the patient presented 2 years later with a recurrent history of cough with whitish, thick and rubbery sputum and shortness of breath and was eventually diagnosed with PB. The patient was treated with medical therapy and failed; at this time, ligation of the thoracic duct was performed, which was a life-saving intervention for him.
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J Hosp Med
December 2024
Complex Care Program, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Objective: To describe the patient characteristics, indications, and clinical outcomes of home high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) among pediatric patients. To evaluate secular trends in home HFNC initiation between 2013 and 2022.
Methods: A retrospective review of all children on home HFNC between 2013 and 2023 was conducted at a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Ontario, Canada.
Defining the causes for Fontan circulatory failure in total cavopulmonary connection patients.
Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
November 2024
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Objectives: This study aims to identify the causes of failure in Fontan patients with a total cavopulmonary connection.
Methods: We conducted a comprehensive review of all patients who underwent a total cavopulmonary connection procedure at our centre between 1988 and 2023, aiming to identify and analyse the factors contributing to Fontan failure (defined as mortality, heart transplantation, Fontan takedown, protein-losing enteropathy, plastic bronchitis or New York Heart Association Functional Classification class III or IV).
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Plastic bronchitis in an adult.
Respirol Case Rep
November 2024
Northwest Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Manchester UK.
Plastic bronchitis is rare in adult pulmonology and has a wide range of aetiology. Cast analysis is key in narrowing down the differential diagnosis of plastic bronchitis. If suspected of having lymphocytic PB, complete imaging to evaluate thoracic lymphatics is important to find out the potential causes for PB.
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