Pulmonary smooth muscle proliferation occurring after lung transplantation

Chest. 1997 Jul;112(1):283-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.112.1.283.

Abstract

We report the first example of smooth-muscle proliferations occurring in an allograft lung implanted in a recipient who had end-stage emphysema. Smooth-muscle proliferations were detected 46 months following transplantation in a 53-year-old woman. The lesions involved the airways and were bronchoscopically undetectable. Posttransplant smooth-muscle tumors have been described in liver transplant patients and are thought to be due to Epstein-Barr virus. Evidence of virus infection was not found in the current case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology*
  • Lung Transplantation / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Smooth / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery*
  • Time Factors