Slebos Dirk-Jan, Verschuuren Erik A M, Koëter Gerard H, van der Bij Wim, Kauffman Henk F, Postma Dirkje S, Timens Wim
Departments of Pulmonary Diseases and Lung Transplantation, University Hospital Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2004 Aug;23(8):1010-3. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.08.010.
End-stage pulmonary disease due to sarcoidosis rarely leads to lung transplantation. Once a patient has undergone lung transplantation, sarcoidosis often recurs in the lung allograft. In this case report we show, for the first time, the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in diagnosing the recurrence of sarcoidosis in the transplanted allograft.
