RT Journal
A1 Fairshter RD, Riley CA, Hewlett RI
T1 LArge bronchial casts
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD May 1
VO 139
IS 5
SP 522
OP 525
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630420018009
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630420018009
AB Unusually large bronchial casts developed in four patients. In two, the casts were associated with pneumonia. In one, a large RBC cast resulted from a complication of fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Bronchial casts developed in an additional patient as a manifestation of plastic bronchitis. Although unusual, bronchial cast formation may complicate a number of hypersecretory pulmonary diseases. Therapy ordinarily includes specific measures to treat the underlying disease state and maneuvers designed to remove or facilitate the expectoration of bronchial casts.(Arch Intern Med 139:522-525, 1979)