Browsing by Subject "Plastic bronchitis"

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    Creating a Fontan fenestration in a child with dextrocardia and interrupted inferior vena cava
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2016-05) Charlagorla, Pradeepkumar; Breinholt, John P.; Department of Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine
    Plastic bronchitis is a rare life-threatening complication of the Fontan operation. Transcatheter Fontan fenestration can ameliorate symptoms by decompressing elevated venous pressures. Transcatheter creation of a fenestration can be technically challenging in cases with complex venous anatomy. We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with heterotaxy, dextrocardia with unbalanced atrioventricular canal (AVC), atrial and visceral situs inversus, left-sided superior vena cava (SVC), and left-sided interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) with azygos continuation. With few modifications to the equipment, a successful Fontan fenestration with stent implantation was performed via transjugular approach. At 2-year follow-up, his symptoms of plastic bronchitis improved significantly.
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    Plastic bronchitis in an adult
    (Wiley, 2024-11-18) Bandara, Harshana; Davis, Michael D.; Fowler, Stephen J.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    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.