Lekhya Raavi, Pankaj Garg, Mohammad Alomari, Nafiye B Celik, Ian A Makey, Mathew Thomas, Aziza Nassar, Basar Sareyyupoglu, Samuel Jacob, Si M Pham, Magdy M El-Sayed Ahmed
Lung transplant recipients are at higher risk of developing COVID-19 infection compared to other solid organ transplants. The risk further increases in the unvaccinated patients. We present a case of a 43-year-old male who underwent bilateral sequential lung transplantation for pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) and had an uneventful recovery. However, two years post-transplantation, the patient developed chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and two episodes of COVID-19 infection...
April 2024: Journal of Surgical Case Reports