Successful lung transplantation from a donor with lung and ovarian masses

Abuzar A Asif; Tathagat Narula; David B Erasmus; Francisco Alvarez; Todd Nichols; Samuel Jacob; Si M Pham; Cherise Cortese; Ian A Makey

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjz307

Successful lung transplantation from a donor with lung and ovarian masses

J Surg Case Rep. 2019 Nov 5;2019(11):rjz307. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz307. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Abuzar A Asif¹, Tathagat Narula¹, David B Erasmus¹, Francisco Alvarez¹, Todd Nichols², Samuel Jacob³, Si M Pham³, Cherise Cortese⁴, Ian A Makey³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
² Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
⁴ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Abstract

Declining a donor when there is a reasonable possibility that the abnormality on chest imaging could be benign carries the risk of losing out on potentially usable lungs in an already parched landscape of donor organ availability. Cautiously aggressive attitudes to acceptance of borderline donors can help bridge the significant discrepancy that exists between the demand and availability of donor organs. Herein, we present a case highlighting successful bilateral lung transplantation from a relatively imperfect donor.

Publication types

Case Reports