title: Pneumothorax derived from bronchiolitis obliterans after marrow transplantation.
abstract: Long-term survival has become achievable after bone-marrow transplantation, but various pulmonary diseases due to chronic graft-vs.-host disease have been recognized. Particularly, bronchiolitis obliterans is a life-threatening complication with no effective remedy. Bilateral pneumothorax associated with bronchiolitis obliterans is rare, but it requires careful attention. In a 42-year old man with intractable pneumothorax after bone marrow transplantation and surgical procedures, extensive thoracolysis was effective as an acute treatment for this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan. syamana1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Sumitaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Taketsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018700:Pleurodesis; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome