Single lung transplantation for eosinophilic granulomatosis.
A 26-year-old woman with end-stage lung disease due to eosinophilic granulomatosis had single right lung transplantation with an excellent function result that persists beyond 9 months of follow-up. Single lung transplantation offers excellent palliation to selected patients with end-stage lung disease.
Egan
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Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Pulmonary Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
Detterbeck
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Keagy
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Turpin
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Mill
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Wilcox
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BR
D000328:Adult; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D010166:Palliative Care; D011859:Radiography