A case of thoracic air leak syndrome with pleural parenchymal fibroelastosis after treatment for hematologic malignancy while awaiting lung transplantation: Imaging and pathological findings of rapid loss in lung volume

A case of thoracic air leak syndrome with pleural parenchymal fibroelastosis after treatment for hematologic malignancy while awaiting lung transplantation: Imaging and pathological findings of rapid loss in lung volume

We report the case of a 29-year-old man who underwent umbilical cord blood transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia 14 years previously. He was diagnosed with secondary pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (sPPFE) following treatment for hematologic malignancies (sPPFE after HM-Tx) 2.5 years ago...

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Main Authors: Hajime Kasai, Jiro Terada, Jun Nagata, Keiko Yamamoto, Shunya Shiohira, Atsuko Tomikawa, Nao Tamura, Emiri Yamamoto, Yuzuru Ikehara, Takuji Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Lung transplantation
Pneumothorax
Thoracic air-leak syndrome
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007122000521

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