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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1884-1886
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Treatment of Plastic Bronchitis

Sushma Nayar, MD (Path)a,*, Ramesh Parmar, MD (Paed)b, Snehal Kulkarni, DNB (Card)b, Kotturathu Mammen Cherian, FRACSc

a Department of Pathology, Frontier Lifeline, and Dr KM Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
b Department of Cardiology, Frontier Lifeline, and Dr KM Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
c Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Frontier Lifeline, and Dr KM Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India

Accepted for publication December 13, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Nayar, Frontier Lifeline & Dr K M Cherian Heart Foundation, R 30 C Ambattur Industrial Estate Rd, Mogappair, Chennai 600 101, India (Email: divya_s35{at}hotmail.com).

Plastic bronchitis may be seen after palliative surgery for cyanotic heart disease. Although type II (acellular) casts are seen more commonly, we describe a type I cast after palliative surgery for cyanotic heart disease in which ligation of thoracic duct did not result in complete resolution.




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