Living-Donor Lung Transplantation for Dyskeratosis Congenita

Abstract

This report describes 2 cases of dyskeratosis congenita in patients with progressive pulmonary diseases who required urgent living-donor lung transplantations. In the first case, a 13-year-old boy underwent bone marrow transplantation for aplastic anemia at age of 6 years. Severe pulmonary right-to-left shunting and fibrosis developed, and his condition deteriorated with acute fibrosis exacerbation and increased intrapulmonary shunt. He underwent lung transplantation and recovered uneventfully. In the second case, a 3-year-old girl with Revesz syndrome underwent bone marrow transplantation for refractory cytopenia. At 6 years of age, she had progressive hypoxia and a brain abscess. Her respiratory condition worsened, and she recovered uneventfully after urgent lung transplantation.