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Plastic bronchitis is a condition where buildup in your airways forms into casts that replicate the shape of the paths of airways in your lungs that look similar to tree branches. The casts have a soft, rubbery consistency. You might cough them up as your lungs try to clear the airways.

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This page is a summary of: Recycling plastic: diagnosis and management of plastic bronchitis among adults, European Respiratory Review, August 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS),
DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0096-2021.
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