COD 122 - Mucus Plugs in Asthmatics

It may be worth mentioning the presence of mucus plugs and whether 4 or more than 4 segments are involved. It does not take much time…maybe 1 minute extra…if you know the patient has asthma.

Bhavin Jankharia

39-yrs old with a 30-yrs old history of asthma on treatment presented with acute exacerbation and a CT scan was done. The only positive finding was multiple lower lobe segments showing mucoid impaction/mucus plugs.

The video is about a recent paper on mucoid impaction in the last 2 cm of the lungs and then down a rabbit hole of mucus scores starting from a seminal 2018 paper to current literature and finally whether it is important or not to mention mucus plugs in the CT chest report in asthmatics.

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