Case report: hepatobronchial lymphatic communications in single ventricle patients as a pathophysiological mechanism of plastic bronchitis: diagnosis and treatment.

The recent discovery of the abnormal pulmonary lymphatic perfusion from the thoracic duct to the bronchi has allowed successful treatment of 94% of single ventricle patients with plastic bronchitis. The discovery of hepatobronchial lymphatic perfusion reveals an occult aetiology of plastic bronchitis and a second target for embolization and successful treatment.