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Emergency Medicine & Critical Care","Respiratory System
The evolution of lung transplantation has offered an additional treatm
ent option for patients with a variety of end-stage lung diseases, inc
luding some with systemic disorders. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM) is a m
ultisystem disease of premenopausal women. The lung is the most freque
ntly involved vital organ, and respiratory failure is the most common
case of death. A small number of patients with LAM have undergone lung
transplantation. This report describes a case of recurrent LAM in the
allograft after single lung transplantation and discusses the implica
tions of this finding.