FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2006 file photo, Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world's first partial face transplant with a new nose, chin and mouth, in an operation on Nov. 27, 2005, addresses reporters during her first press conference since the transplant at the Amiens hospital, northern France. The 38-year-old woman was mauled by a dog, leaving her with severe facial injuries that her doctors said made it difficult for her to speak and eat. Dinoire who received the worlds first partial face transplant has died, 11 years after surgery that set the stage for dozens of other transplants around the world. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, FILE) Michel Spingler
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First face transplant patient dies
THE world's first recipient of a face transplant in 2005 died in April after "a long illness”, a hospital has revealed.
French woman Isabelle Dinoire (left) received a graft of the nose, lips and chin from a brain-dead donor after being mauled by her dog.
Le Figaro newspaper reported Ms Dinoire's body rejected the transplant last year and she developed cancer from anti-rejection drugs. Her death was suppressed to protect her family's privacy. French Doctor Jean-Pierre Meningaud has saidof Dinoire's death: "We should put these transplants on hold pending advances in immunology.”
