Plastic Bronchitis—A Promising Intervention for a Challenging Condition
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.
Authors
- Bushra Alharbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1025-6072)
- Tamer Abusido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-3959)
- Abdulmajeed Alfadhel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4334-1107)
- Hala Alghamdi
- Wedad Alhazmi
Institutions
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- King Abdulaziz Medical City (SA)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- Maternity and Children's Hospital (SA)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.27441
- Primary Topic
- Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00