Primary adenocarcinoma in a donor lung: evaluation and surgical management

Erik A K Beyer; Malcolm M DeCamp; Nicholas G Smedira; Carol Farver; Atul Mehta; Ilka Warshawsky

doi:10.1016/s1053-2498(02)01220-2

Primary adenocarcinoma in a donor lung: evaluation and surgical management

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2003 Oct;22(10):1174-7. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)01220-2.

Authors

Erik A K Beyer¹, Malcolm M DeCamp, Nicholas G Smedira, Carol Farver, Atul Mehta, Ilka Warshawsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk F25, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 14550828
DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(02)01220-2

Abstract

We report a case of primary non-small cell cancer diagnosed in the donor lung 33 months after bilateral pulmonary transplantation. The tumor was treated surgically. A lingular sparing left upper lobe bisegmental lung resection was performed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
Adenocarcinoma / etiology
Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Neoplasms / etiology
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Lung Transplantation*
Middle Aged
Radiography
Time Factors
Tissue Donors