Living-donor lobar lung transplantation for primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Abstract

A ventilator-dependent patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia underwent successful living-donor lobar lung transplantation. The case was a 24-year-old woman who had developed recurrent lower respiratory infection and became ventilator-dependent due to severe bronchiectasis. Transmission electron microscopy of the resected bronchus demonstrated inner dynein arm deficiency.

• Authors: H Date, M Yamashita, I Nagahiro, M Aoe, A Andou, N Shimizu
• Journal: The Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg) Vol. 71 Issue 6 Pg. 2008-9 (Jun 2001) ISSN: 0003-4975 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 11426783 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Dyneins

Topics

• Adult
• Bronchiectasis (pathology, surgery)
• Cilia (pathology)
• Ciliary Motility Disorders (pathology, surgery)
• Dyneins (deficiency)
• Female
• Humans
• Living Donors
• Lung Transplantation (pathology)
• Microscopy, Electron