[A lung transplant in a woman with bronchiolitis obliterans following an allogenic bone marrow transplant].
Graft-versus-host disease is a major complication for bone marrow transplant recipients and is often a cause of late mortality. It can affect any tissue, and involvement of the lungs--target organs of particular importance--can lead to chronic respiratory failure due to bronchiolitis obliterans. We report the case of a lung transplant in a woman who developed bronchiolitis obliterans after receiving a marrow transplant to treat bone marrow aplasia. Three years later, clinical course was satisfactory, with full functional recovery.
Redel-Montero
J
J
Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain. javierredel@msn.com
Santos-Luna
F
F
Lama-Martínez
R
R
Algar-Algar
J
J
Salvatierra-Velázquez
A
A
Alvarez-Kindelán
A
A
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation