Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis Treated by Single Lung Transplantation
Authors:
- Herve MalHMHerve Mal
- Gilles JebrakGJGilles Jebrak
- Christian DarneCDChristian Darne
- Emmanuel MeeusEMEmmanuel Meeus
- Frederic DuboisFDFrederic Dubois
- Maurizio LuisettiMLMaurizio Luisetti
- Michel FournierMFMichel Fournier
- Rene ParienteRPRene Pariente
- Bernard AndreassianBABernard Andreassian
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Review of Respiratory Disease
- Vol. 145 (4_Part_1) , 964-966
Abstract
Pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis is a rare disease resistant to almost all medical treatments to date. We describe the case of a 44-yr-old woman with end-stage pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis who was treated by single-lung transplantation. The patient is doing well in her sixteenth post-transplantation month and has a marked improvement in her pulmonary function tests and walking distance as compared with preoperative values, and she is enjoying an unrestricted life-style.Keywords
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