Donor cerebral tissue pulmonary emboli in a functioning transplanted lung

Cerebral tissue pulmonary embolus (CTPE) is a rare event following severe b lunt or penetrating head trauma and is often complicated by coagulation dis turbances and hemorrhage. Donor cerebral tissue pulmonary embolism has been reported to cause lethal, early graft dysfunction in lung transplant recip ients. We report a case of donor cerebral tissue pulmonary embolism in a 41 -year-old female single lung transplant recipient with excellent post-opera tive graft function.