Unusual case of a vanishing bronchus of the left allograft in a lung transplant recipient

Don Hayes; Shaheen Islam; Stephen Kirkby; Thomas J. Preston; Peter B. Baker

doi:10.4103/1817-1737.118495

Unusual case of a vanishing bronchus of the left allograft in a lung transplant recipient

Don Hayes
, Shaheen Islam
, Stephen Kirkby
, Thomas J. Preston
, Peter B. Baker

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Abstract

We present an interesting case of a complete vanishing of the left main bronchus in a lung transplant recipient who had a successful outcome due to acute respiratory support with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in order to perform airway dilation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	229-230
Number of pages	2
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.118495
State	Published - Oct 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
left main bronchus
lung transplantation
vanishing
venovenous

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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