Eosinophilic lung disease with plastic bronchitis and bronchiectasis in an adolescent male.
Habiba HussainNizar KherallahPublished in: Clinical case reports (2018)
Any case of unresolving chronic pneumonia with expectoration of thick mucoid plugs should have high index of suspicion for plastic/cast bronchitis, requiring early flexible bronchoscopy with lavage and histopathologic evaluation. Associated presence of idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is unusual and could be considered as a cause for atypical plastic bronchitis complicated by bronchiectasis.