title: Transplant pneumonectomy in a patient with an acutely thrombosed allograft.
abstract: Transplant pneumonectomy is most commonly performed in the setting of retransplantation and is rare for other indications. We present a case of an elderly woman who is 3 years postoperative left, single lung transplantation with a history of emphysema that developed extensive infarction of her transplanted lung secondary to thromboembolic disease. She required an allograft pneumonectomy as treatment for this and was eventually discharged on bi-level nasal positive pressure at night and 3 L nasal cannula oxygen during the day.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hennessy
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Grogan
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Harthun
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Benjamin D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kozower
authors.forename: Gorav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ailawadi
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*; D054060:Pulmonary Infarction / Q000601:surgery*