[A case of multiple emphysematous bullae treated with living-donor lung transplantation from identical twin brothers].
A 30-year-old man with multiple emphysematous bullae and bronchiectasis was admitted to Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital because of exertional dyspnea and fever. His chest radiograph and CT scan revealed multiple large bullae in the right lung and infiltrative shadows in the left middle lung field. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from his sputum culture. Although standard therapies including various antibiotics were administered, his respiratory condition was exacerbated, accompanied with the enlargement of bullae in the right lung and the consequent shift of the mediastinum to the left. The patient and his family proposed lung transplantation, and we concluded that lung transplantation would be an appropriate treatment for his disease. We transported the patient to Osaka University Hospital. Living-donor lung transplantation from the patient's identical twin brothers was successfully performed.
Miwa
T
T
First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University.
Maruyama
M
M
Matsui
S
S
Taniguchi
H
H
Oda
H
H
Arai
N
N
Kashii
T
T
Yamashita
N
N
Kobayashi
M
M
Hara
H
H
Izumi
S
S
Takazakura
E
E
Tsuji
H
H
Minami
M
M
Miyoshi
S
S
Matsuda
H
H
D000328:Adult; D001768:Blister / Q000601:surgery; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000601:surgery*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic