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Mesothelioma after lung transplantation.

Chhajed PN, Bubendorf L, Hirsch H, Boehler A, Weder W, Tamm M

Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. PChhajed@uhbs.ch

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.

Published 29 September 2006 in Thorax, 61(10): 916-7.
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