Flat Chest of Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis Reversed by Lung Transplantation.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.092.
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Abstract
A patient with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) was successfully treated with living-donor lobar lung transplantation. A 27-year-old woman with a 3-month history of dyspnea received a diagnosis of PPFE. Her chest wall was extremely flattened over time, and her respiratory condition progressively deteriorated. She underwent semielective bilateral living-donor lobar lung transplantation. Her chest wall rigidity, which was secondary to PPFE, required intensive pulmonary rehabilitation postoperatively. By 6 months after transplantation, the flattening of her chest wall was reversed. Living-donor lobar lung transplantation was a life-saving procedure for this patient and improved the chest wall deformity of PPFE.
Medical subject headings
- Lung Transplantation
- Pleural Diseases
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Thoracic Wall