Bronchial tree. Together, the trachea and the two primary bronchi are referred to as the bronchial tree. At the end of the bronchial tree lie the alveolar ducts, ...

A patient dying from heart failure last month coughed up a blood clot in the shape of his right lung’s bronchial tree nearly 6-inches in length, according to a photo from the New England Journal ...

Cast of the Right Bronchial Tree. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2018. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm1806493. Related News. New Trial Will Test Gene-Edited Pig Liver for Sudden Liver Failure Patients ...

A 36-year-old California man who was admitted to the intensive care unit with chronic heart failure was coughing so severely that he hacked up an intact cast of the right bronchial tree.

It’s a completely intact, six-inch-wide clot of human blood in the exact shape of the right bronchial tree, one of the two key tubular networks that ferry air to and from the lungs.

A 36-year-old California man who was admitted to the intensive care unit with chronic heart failure was coughing so severely that he hacked up a blood clot in his lung that was shaped like his ...

The patient’s blood had pooled in his right bronchial tree — part of the network where air travels through the lungs — and solidified “like Jell-O,” Woodard said.