Introduction: Granulomatous infections are common in patients with chronic lung disease. We aim to study the incidence and clinicopathological features of granulomatous infections in a cohort of patients undergoing lung transplantation for end-stage chronic lung disease.
Methods: Pathology reports of 50 explanted native lungs of patients who underwent lung transplantation since 2015 at our institution were reviewed. Four cases with granulomatous lesions were identified. Correlation was made with clinical findings in the 4 cases.
Results: The granulomatous infections include non-necrotizing cryptococcal pneumonitis (case 1), necrotizing pneumonia due to Scedosporium sp. and Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) (Cases 2 and 3), and invasive Aspergillus pneumonia (Case 4). One patient received pre-transplant fungal prophylaxis (Case 4). Post-transplant infectious complications included invasive (Cases 2 and 4) and non-invasive (Case 1) fungal infections and bacterial pneumonia (Cases 1 and 2). Two patients (Cases 3 and 4) developed acute cellular rejection (ACR) in the first 30 days. The third patient (Case 1) was identified with ACR in the 9 months post-transplant and chronic lung allograft dysfunction at 29 months. In terms of mortality, 1 patient (Case 1) died at 30 months post-transplant from pseudomonal sepsis and chronic graft failure. Two patients with invasive fungal infections (Cases 2 and 4) are on secondary prophylaxis and doing well. One patient (Case 3) remains infection-free and on MAC prophylaxis.
Conclusions: In our case series, patients with chronic lung diseases with superimposed granulomatous infestations frequently experienced post-transplant complications. These include invasive infections and repeat ACRs that predispose patients to chronic graft dysfunction. Pre- and post-transplant antifungal prophylaxis reduces fungal load and complication risk post-transplant.
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