Dittrich, Franz

Dittrich,

Franz, German pathologist, 1815-1859. Dittrich plugs - minute, dirty-grayish, foul-smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in the sputum in pulmonary gangrene and fetid bronchitis. Synonym(s): Traube plugsDittrich stenosis - narrowing of the outflow tract of the right ventricle below the pulmonic valve. Synonym(s): infundibular stenosis