Friday, August 30, 2013
plastic bronchitis parents' group on facebook posted this recently
''Our
son just had the new technique to map out and image the lymph system to
see how it flows. This is an MRI procedure where they inject dye into
the lymphatic system and watch how it flows. There is a branch that
breaks off the thoracic duct and flows right into his left lung. This is
the answers they are finding for all plastic bronchitis paintents that
they image. The Fontan causes extra lymph systems to grow off the
thorastic duct and for these kids it will go to the path of least
resistance which is the lungs. They just glued up this leaking lymph
branches in a patient 3 weeks ago who was coughing up casts daily he has
been cast free since this procedure is done. This procedure is to take
the place for thorastic duct litigation because it has so many risks.
This procedure only targets the extra lymph vessels that have grown and
they glue them up no extra risk. The imaging today showed he has extra
lymph vessels that have grown around his left lung and dump into it
causing plastic bronchitis. I'm not talking about leaking into the chest
cavity it's lymph fluid that dumps into the lungs which makes the
casts. Though they said this is an easy fix now that they know what is
going on and what causes plastic bronchitis in patients. Our son will
next be scheduled to have these leaking lymph vessels glued up to stop
his plastic bronchitis! We are very hopeful!''
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