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Successful double lung transplantation in a patient with bilateral pulmonary and sinus aspergillomas
Author(s) -
Minces L.R.,
Bhama J.K.,
AbdelMassih R.,
Kwak E.J.,
Haider S.S.,
Nguyen M.H.,
Toyoda Y.,
Silveira F.P.
Publication year - 2011
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.1399-3062.2011.00615.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aspergilloma , lung transplantation , lung , transplantation , surgery , antifungal , sinus (botany) , dermatology , botany , biology , genus
L.R. Minces, J.K. Bhama, R. Abdel‐Massih, E.J. Kwak, S.S. Haider, M.H. Nguyen, Y. Toyoda, F.P. Silveira. Successful double lung transplantation in a patient with bilateral pulmonary and sinus aspergillomas.
Transpl Infect Dis 2011: 13: 485–488. All rights reserved Abstract: The outcome of patients with aspergilloma undergoing lung transplantation is not completely known, but anecdotal reports of poor outcome after transplant have discouraged this practice. We present a 45‐year‐old female with pulmonary sarcoidosis complicated by bilateral pulmonary and sinus aspergillomas who underwent successful double lung transplantation. Patients with aspergillomas can receive lung transplantation, provided that there is sufficient technical expertise to explant the infected lungs with minimal chance of chest wall contamination, and aggressive antifungal therapy is used post transplantation.