Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a safe nonpharmacological procedure for treatment of uncontrolled severe asthma that was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2010 [1]. However, adverse events and complications have been reported and include bronchiectasis, inflammatory polyps, pulmonary cysts with pneumothorax, artery pseudoaneurysms with hemorrhage, or recurrent atelectasis from fibrin plugs [2-6]. We report a new case of bronchial plugs following BT with an unexpected outcome.
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