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.
Departments of Pulmonary Diseases and Lung Transplantation, University Hospital Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. d.slebos@int.azg.nl
Dirk-Jan
DJ
Slebos
Erik A M
EA
Verschuuren
Gerard H
GH
Koëter
Wim
W
van der Bij
Henk F
HF
Kauffman
Dirkje S
DS
Postma
Wim
W
Timens
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