Primary disease recurrence after single lung transplantation in a patient with prior hard metal exposure

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Sep;34(9):1216-8. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.05.019. Epub 2015 Jun 11.

Authors

Yasir Tarabichi¹, Rajeev Saggar², William D Wallace³, Joseph P Lynch 3rd¹, Rajan Saggar¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

PMID: 26140809
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.05.019

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Alloys / adverse effects*
Cobalt / adverse effects*
Humans
Lung Transplantation*
Male
Middle Aged
Mining*
Occupational Exposure*
Pneumoconiosis / pathology
Pneumoconiosis / surgery*
Postoperative Complications
Recurrence
Tungsten / adverse effects*
Welding*

Substances

Alloys
hard metal
Cobalt
Tungsten