mucous plugging

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Introduction

Complication of mucous gland hypertrophy & mucous hypersecretion

Etiology

Radiology

  • mucus plugs seen on chest CT in patients without evident symptoms associated with more-severe disease[1]

More general terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mettler SK, Nath HP, Grumley S et al. Silent airway mucus plugs in COPD and clinical implications. Chest 2024 Nov; 166:1010-1019. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38013161 PMCID: PMC11562650 (available on 2025-11-01) https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(23)05825-7/abstract