Transplant pneumonectomy in a patient with an acutely thrombosed allograft.
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.
Hennessy
Sara A
SA
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Grogan
Eric L
EL
Harthun
Nancy L
NL
Jones
David R
DR
Kozower
Benjamin D
BD
Ailawadi
Gorav
G
Lau
Christine L
CL
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*