Open AccessUrgent lung transplantation for thymic neoplasm‐associated severe constrictive bronchiolitis with bronchiectasis and radiotherapy‐induced organizing pneumonia: A case report
Author(s) -
Štupnik Tomaž,
Dolenšek Marija Iča,
Mlakar Jernej,
Stanič Karmen,
Harlander Matevž,
Škrgat Sabina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.13936
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiectasis , thymoma , bronchiolitis , pneumonia , radiation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , lung , pneumonitis , thymectomy , lung transplantation , respiratory failure , respiratory system , surgery , myasthenia gravis , paleontology , biology
Here, we present the case of a 28‐year‐old woman who developed severe and progressive thymoma‐associated constrictive bronchiolitis with bronchiectasis, despite undergoing thymectomy. The disease was further complicated by radiation‐induced organizing pneumonia (RIOP), which developed after adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) for Masaoka stage II thymoma. The patient was successfully treated with an urgent lung transplantation (LTx) for irreversible respiratory failure.