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RESPIRATORY MEDICINE CASE REPORTS
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages 37-39Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmedc.2011.10.003
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Lung cancer; Lung transplantation
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Lung transplantation is an accepted therapy for patients with end-stage lung disease and offers a major survival benefit in selected patients. The most important indications are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis besides cystic fibrosis and pulmonary arterial hypertension. The incidence of lung cancer in patients after Ltx is 20-25 times higher than in the general population. Diagnosis is often difficult in IPF patients because of the diffuse lung abnormalities due to the underlying fibrosis. Moreover, the lung cancer may mimic a pulmonary infection. Symptoms are often aspecific, diagnosis is difficult, and prognosis is extremely poor. We describe three patients who were transplanted for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and who developed a primary lung cancer. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
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