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Plastic bronchitis: new insights and a classification scheme.

Madsen P, Shah SA, Rubin BK

University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.

Plastic bronchitis is a rare disease in which there is the formation of large gelatinous or rigid branching airway casts. The history of the disease is reviewed and a classification system is proposed based on our current understanding. This system classifies plastic bronchitis by clinical disease association and cast histology. A summary of the medical literature is included together with guidelines for treatment. The evidence for these treatment decisions is reviewed.

Published 21 November 2005 in Paediatr Respir Rev, 6(4): 292-300.
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