IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS AND CYCLOSPORINE - A LESSON FROM SINGLE-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
LOK SS SMITH E DORAN HM SAWYER R YONAN N EGAN JJ
Citation
Ss. Lok et al., IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS AND CYCLOSPORINE - A LESSON FROM SINGLE-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION, Chest, 114(5), 1998, pp. 1478-1481
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
114
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1478 - 1481
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1998)114:5<1478:IPFAC->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has a poor prognosis and therapeut ic options are limited with a 5-year survival of less than 50%. This r eport includes a case of-histologically confirmed IPF in a patient who se native lung showed objective improvement as measured by high-resolu tion CT while he was receiving cyclosporine-based immunosuppressive th erapy after single-lung transplantation.