Pleural effusion from acute lung rejection.
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.
Judson
M A
MA
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-2220, USA.
Handy
J R
JR
Sahn
S A
SA
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