Pleural effusion from acute lung rejection.

Judson, M A; Handy, J R; Sahn, S A · Chest · 1997

case_report · Level V

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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.

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