[Accelerated form of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in the native lung after single lung transplantation].
We report the case of a 56-year-old patient who underwent left single lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Despite the high level of immunosuppression after the surgery, there was rapid progression to IPF in the native (right) lung as demonstrated by thoracoscopic lung biopsy. After 104 days on mechanical ventilation (MV), the patient underwent right lung transplant and was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 26.
Rufino
Rogério
R
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Madi
Kalil
K
Mourad
Omar
O
Judice
Angelo
A
Marsico
Giovanni
G
Boasquevisque
Carlos Henrique
CH
D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods