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Sarah Cullivan1, Karen Redmond1, Carole Ridge2
1Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Abstract:
A 21-year-old patient presented with a short history of fatigue and dyspnea on a background of double-lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis and preexisting chronic superior vena cava obstruction. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated a 3-cm mass occluding the right pulmonary veins, with associated right upper and lower lobe pulmonary parenchymal infiltrates. Two invasive procedures were performed, with similar complications in both procedures.
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