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Resolution of native lung pneumothorax by insertion of a nitinol stent for bronchostenosis in the transplanted lung
Author(s) -
CHHAJED PRASHANT N.,
MALOUF MONIQUE A.,
TAMM MICHAEL,
HOPKINS PETER M.,
PLIT MARSHALL,
GLANVILLE ALLAN R.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2002.00412.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , pleurodesis , lung , lung transplantation , surgery , bronchoscopy , malignancy , pulmonary fibrosis , transplantation , pathology
Following single lung transplantation, the native lung remains a potential source of morbidity from spontaneous pneumothorax, hyperinflation, bacterial and fungal infection and malignancy. The case of a single lung transplant recipient for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who developed a recurrent, non‐resolving, spontaneous multiloculated pneumothorax in the native lung following thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis is reported. The pneumothorax ultimately resolved following insertion of a nitinol stent for coexisting bronchostenosis in the transplanted lung. In a single lung transplantation recipient in whom a native lung pneumothorax reoccurs or persists despite appropriate initial management, it may be useful to undertake bronchoscopy to exclude the possibility of bronchostenosis in the transplanted lung.