Elective transplant pneumonectomy in a 38-year-old man

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Aug;24(8):1140-2. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.08.020.

Abstract

Transplant pneumonectomy is a rarely performed procedure. It is occasionally carried out in the course of retransplantation. To our knowledge, resection of a transplanted lung without its replacement and with successful outcome in the adult has not been previously reported. We present a case of elective left transplant pneumonectomy in a 38-year-old man 6 years after left single-lung transplant. At 12 months after resection, the patient remains well, with good exercise tolerance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dyspnea / diagnosis
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / physiopathology
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / surgery*
  • Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Lung Transplantation / methods
  • Male
  • Pneumonectomy / methods*
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Risk Assessment
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome