G. Stamatis et al., SEQUENTIAL BILATERAL LUNG TRANSPLANTATION FOR PULMONARY ALVEOLAR MICROLITHIASIS, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 56(4), 1993, pp. 972-975
Lung transplantation has been successfully used in the treatment of pa
tients with end-stage pulmonary disease and adequate cardiac function.
We report about a 32-year-old man with pulmonary alveolar microlithia
sis who underwent sequential bilateral lung transplantation. Preoperat
ive hemodynamic studies revealed severe pulmonary hypertension; the ri
ght ventricular ejection fraction was 0.27. Eighteen months postoperat
ively, he continues to do well with normalized pulmonary and cardiac f
unction and without clinical or histopathologic signs of graft rejecti
on.