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Successful bilateral lung transplantation from a methanol-poisoned donor

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 36; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.09.054

1873-2623

José Alberto Silva, C. Chamorro, A. Varela, Miguel A. Romera, Pablo Gámez, José Marquez,

Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

The shortage of suitable organ donors is an important limiting factor that is making the evaluation of marginal donors necessary and, consequently, allowing expansion of standard donor criteria for organ removal. Lung procurement after methanol poisoning is anecdotal; in fact, there is only one published case in literature and that case showed a successful outcome. In this report, we describe a case of lung donation from a previously healthy individual who died from methanol poisoning. Both lungs were successfully implanted to a 20-year-old man who suffered from cystic fibrosis. This case report is new evidence that lung transplantation from methanol-poisoned donors may be safely performed with a good outcome.