Isolated pulmonary rejection after combined heart-lung transplantation.
Severe pulmonary rejection without cardiac rejection in a patient after combined heart-lung transplantation is presented with the clinical and pathological findings. Acute lung rejection after heart-lung transplantation cannot be excluded by normal cardiac biopsy results.
D000328:Adult; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001028:Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / Q000601:surgery*; D001706:Biopsy; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000601:surgery*; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014181:Transplantation Immunology
D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D008775:Methylprednisolone