Concomitant acute sinusitis and acute lung rejection.
Two lung transplant recipients had concomitant acute sinusitis and acute lung rejection. Antibiotics and decongestants alleviated the sinusitis, but the symptoms of cough and dyspnea as well as spirometric defects necessitated treatment of acute lung rejection. In patients with clinical evidence of acute sinusitis after lung transplantation, concomitant acute lung rejection should be suspected if dyspnea or pulmonary dysfunction is also present. This appears to be the first report of concomitant acute sinusitis and acute lung rejection.
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Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014663:Nasal Decongestants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014663:Nasal Decongestants