1. Clinical analysis of lung transplantation in eight patients with obstructive bronchiolitis syndrome after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Lingling WANG ; Huiyu WANG ; Yunfeng SHEN ; Mize LU ; Jingyu CHEN ; Bo WU
Chinese Journal of Hematology 2017;38(11):977-980
Objective:
To investigate the efficacy and prognosis of lung transplantation (LT) for end-stage bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) .
Methods:
The clinical data of eight cases with end-stage BOS after allo-HSCT who were treated by LT in our hospital were retrospectively analyzed.
Results:
Eight patients with hematological malignancy underwent allo-HSCT, and the median age was 23 (12-40) years. The donors are parents or siblings. Severe BOS occurred in 8 patients after allo-HSCT, the median age for LT was 27.5 (13-47) years. The median interval between allo-HSCT and LT was 69 (21-132) months. The median follow-up time for 8 patients after LT was 15 (6-63) months, 7 patients survived, 1 patient died of pulmonary hemorrhage 15 months after LT treatment. Of the survivors, three had BOS again, and one of them received reduplicated lung transplantation.
Conclusion
LT is an effective treatment for patients with severe BOS after HSCT.