PLEURAL EFFUSION FROM ACUTE LUNG REJECTION

Authors
JUDSON MA HANDY JR SAHN SA
Citation
Ma. Judson et al., PLEURAL EFFUSION FROM ACUTE LUNG REJECTION, Chest, 111(4), 1997, pp. 1128-1130
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
111
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1128 - 1130
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1997)111:4<1128:PEFALR>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A single-lung transplant recipient developed an ipsilateral pleural ef fusion from acute lung rejection 2 weeks after transplantation. The pl eural effusion was exudative and contained more than 80% lymphocytes o n two separate determinations. Acute lung rejection should be added to the differential diagnosis of a lymphocyte-predominant exudative pleu ral effusion.