Bronchoalveolar lavage in a patient with recurrence of sarcoidosis after lung transplantation.
End-stage pulmonary disease due to sarcoidosis rarely leads to lung transplantation. Once a patient has undergone lung transplantation, sarcoidosis often recurs in the lung allograft. In this case report we show, for the first time, the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in diagnosing the recurrence of sarcoidosis in the transplanted allograft.
Slebos
Dirk-Jan
DJ
Departments of Pulmonary Diseases and Lung Transplantation, University Hospital Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. d.slebos@int.azg.nl
Verschuuren
Erik A M
EA
Koëter
Gerard H
GH
van der Bij
Wim
W
Kauffman
Henk F
HF
Postma
Dirkje S
DS
Timens
Wim
W
D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D016516:CD4-CD8 Ratio; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology