Saturday, September 30th, 2006.

Thorax. 2006 Oct;61(10):916-7. [Link]

P N Chhajed¹, L Bubendorf¹, H Hirsch¹, A Boehler², W Weder² and M Tamm¹

¹ Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
² Lung Transplant Program, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract

The case history is presented of a lung transplant recipient who developed malignant mesothelioma. This is thought to be the first such report. Mesothelioma should be suspected in lung transplant recipients with a haemorrhagic pleural effusion in the native lung when there is no convincing evidence for bronchogenic carcinoma or post transplant lymphoproliferative disease, even in the absence of exposure to asbestos.

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