TY - JOUR
T1 - Saber-sheath trachea in a patient with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation
AU - Hayes, D.
AU - Ballard, H. O.
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - Chronic rejection remains a major source of morbidity and mortality following lung transplantation. The clinical characteristics of chronic rejection involves bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), which leads to progressive airway obstruction. Changes in intrathoracic tracheal dimensions and shape are commonly present in the setting of airway obstruction, leading to the narrowing of the intrathoracic trachea in the coronal plane with anteroposterior lengthening characteristic of the saber-sheath trachea deformity. We present a 64-year-old man who underwent left lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who later developed saber-sheath trachea as a result of chronic airway obstruction due to BOS.
AB - Chronic rejection remains a major source of morbidity and mortality following lung transplantation. The clinical characteristics of chronic rejection involves bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), which leads to progressive airway obstruction. Changes in intrathoracic tracheal dimensions and shape are commonly present in the setting of airway obstruction, leading to the narrowing of the intrathoracic trachea in the coronal plane with anteroposterior lengthening characteristic of the saber-sheath trachea deformity. We present a 64-year-old man who underwent left lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who later developed saber-sheath trachea as a result of chronic airway obstruction due to BOS.
KW - Airway obstruction
KW - Bronchiolitis obliterans
KW - Lung transplantation
KW - Saber-sheath
KW - Trachea
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U2 - 10.1177/1479972308099990
DO - 10.1177/1479972308099990
M3 - Article
C2 - 19176714
AN - SCOPUS:59249102659
SN - 1479-9723
VL - 6
SP - 49
EP - 52
JO - Chronic Respiratory Disease
JF - Chronic Respiratory Disease
IS - 1
ER -