title: Gastric bezoar after lung transplantation in non-cystic fibrosis patients and review of the literature.
abstract: Gastric bezoars have been associated with solid-organ transplantation. In this report we describe the occurrence of gastric bezoars in two patients who underwent sequential single-lung transplantation for severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and analyze the possible pathophysiologic mechanisms responsible.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. folche@ccf.org
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Folch
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shakoor
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Sudish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.forename: Gosta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Budev
mesh_terms: D001630:Bezoars / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*; D013270:Stomach