Bilateral lung transplant in Gauchers type-1 disease.

Author(s): Rao AR, Parakininkas D, Hintermeyer M, Segura AD, Rice TB

Affiliation(s): Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. rotaks@yahoo.com

Publication date & source: 2005-04, Pediatr Transplant., 9(2):239-43.

Publication type: Case Reports

We report a case of a patient who received a bilateral lung transplant for end-stage lung disease secondary to Gauchers type-1 disease with no evidence of recurrence of the disease in the transplanted lung.