title: Pleural effusion from acute lung rejection.
abstract: A single-lung transplant recipient developed an ipsilateral pleural effusion from acute lung rejection 2 weeks after transplantation. The pleural effusion was exudative and contained more than 80% lymphocytes on two separate determinations. Acute lung rejection should be added to the differential diagnosis of a lymphocyte-predominant exudative pleural effusion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-2220, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Judson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Handy
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sahn
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000601:surgery