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Bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltration in a heart transplant recipient
Author(s) -
SharifKashani B.,
Ahmadi Z.H.,
Bikdeli B.,
Tabarsi P.,
Dorudinia A.,
Shahabi P.,
Raeissi S.,
Shadafza B.,
Estahbanati G.,
Naji A.,
Saliminejad L.,
BakhshayeshKaram M.,
Karimi S.,
Khodadad K.,
Masjedi M.R.,
Gavazzi A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00483.x
Subject(s) - medicine , infiltration (hvac) , heart transplantation , cardiology , pathology , heart failure , physics , thermodynamics
Pulmonary complications are not infrequent after heart transplantation. Kaposi sarcoma is a vascular tumor that can involve the skin as well as visceral organs. We describe a case of visceral and cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma that presented with diffuse bilateral pulmonary infiltration and breathlessness 6 month after heart transplantation. Following modulation of the immunosuppressive regimen and addition of chemotherapy, the patient had an excellent response and has had an uneventful 1‐year follow‐up. B. Sharif‐Kashani, Z.H. Ahmadi, B. Bikdeli, P. Tabarsi, A. Dorudinia, P. Shahabi, S. Raeissi, B. Shadafza, G. Estahbanati, A. Naji, L. Saliminejad, M. Bakhshayesh‐Karam, S. Karimi, K. Khodadad, M.‐R. Masjedi, A. Gavazzi. Bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltration in a heart transplant recipient.
Transpl Infect Dis 2010: 12: 258–260. All rights reserved