Abdominal aortic aneurysm after pulmonary transplantation: a case report.
We present the case of a 39-year-old man who underwent repair of a symptomatic 5-cm abdominal aortic aneurysm. This patient had received a bilateral lung transplant for cystic fibrosis 10 years before this event. He was receiving cyclosporine, prednisone, and azathioprine as immunosuppression therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported abdominal aortic aneurysm after lung transplantation, and we note that our patient had a rapidly enlarging aneurysm, as seen in recipients of heart transplants. We postulate that immunosuppression may be related to the development and/or rapid growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
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Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vancouver Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000209:etiology*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents