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Horner's syndrome following single lung transplantation
Author(s) -
Mohammad Sanna,
Loebe Matthias,
Grant April A.,
Vianna Rodrigo,
Brozzi Nicolas,
Ghodsizad Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14328
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchiolitis obliterans , lung transplantation , lung , transplantation , surgery , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing
Lung transplantation have significantly improved quality of life in patients with end stage respiratory failure, however use of lifelong immunosuppressive therapy and development of bronchiolitis obliterans reflects in a 5‐year survival is less the 60%. Ophthalmic complications following lung transplantation are uncommon. Some cases of infectious and malignant ophthalmic complications have been described previously. Here we describe a case of Horner's syndrome following single lung transplantation.