Fulminant hyperacute rejection after unilateral lung transplantation.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz, Jose Luis; Naranjo, Jose Manuel; Salas, Clara; Varela de Ugarte, Andres
- Source
- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Aug2012, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p373-375. 3p.
- Subject
- *LUNG transplantation
*GRAFT rejection
*COMPLICATIONS from organ transplantation
*HEART transplantation
*KIDNEY transplantation
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*IMMUNOGLOBULINS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1010-7940
Hyperacute rejection (HAR) is a well-known complication in renal and cardiac transplantation, but rare in lung recipients. We present a case of HAR of the lung graft with a fatal outcome of a male patient with preformed class II anti-HLA antibodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]