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mucous plugging
Complication of mucous gland hypertrophy & mucous hypersecretion
Etiology:
- asthma
- cystic fibrosis
- COPD [1]
Radiology:
- mucus plugs seen on chest CT in patients without evident symptoms associated with more-severe disease [1]
General
sign/symptom
References
- Mettler SK, Nath HP, Grumley S et al.
Silent airway mucus plugs in COPD and clinical implications.
Chest 2024 Nov; 166:1010-1019.
PMID: 38013161 PMCID: PMC11562650 (available on 2025-11-01)
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(23)05825-7/abstract