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	'''Lung transplant pathology''' is a little subspecialty in the subspecialty of [[lung]] pathology.		'''Lung transplant pathology''' is a little subspecialty in the subspecialty of [[lung]] pathology.

			==Classification - rejection==
			Types:<ref name=pmid18096473>{{cite journal \|author=Stewart S, Fishbein MC, Snell GI, ''et al.'' \|title=Revision of the 1996 working formulation for the standardization of nomenclature in the diagnosis of lung rejection \|journal=J. Heart Lung Transplant. \|volume=26 \|issue=12 \|pages=1229–42 \|year=2007 \|month=December \|pmid=18096473 \|doi=10.1016/j.healun.2007.10.017 \|url=}}</ref>
			*A. Acute rejection.
			**A0 (none), A1 (minimal), A2 (mild), A3 (moderate), A4 (severe).
			*B. Small airway inflammation/lymphocytic bronchiolitis.
			**B0 (none), B1R (low-grade), B2R (high-grade), BX (cannot be graded).
			*C. Chronic airway rejection - broncholitis obliterans.
			**C0 (absent), C1 (present).
			*D. Chronic vascular rejection.

	==Rejection==		==Rejection==
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	===Microscopic===		===Microscopic===
	Features:<ref>{{Ref PPP\|407}}</ref>		Features:<ref name=Ref_PPP407>{{Ref PPP\|407}}</ref>
	*Perivascular lymphocytes / plasmacytoid cells.		*Perivascular lymphocytes / plasmacytoid cells.
	*+/-Macrophages.		*+/-Macrophages.
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	*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lung_transplant_rejection_-_intermed_mag.jpg Rejection - intermed. mag. (WC)].		*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lung_transplant_rejection_-_intermed_mag.jpg Rejection - intermed. mag. (WC)].
	*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lung_transplant_rejection_-_very_high_mag.jpg Rejection - very high mag. (WC)].		*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lung_transplant_rejection_-_very_high_mag.jpg Rejection - very high mag. (WC)].

			==Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder==
			{{Main\|Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder}}
			*A rare complication of transplants.
			*Similar to [[DLBCL]].

	==See also==		==See also==
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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist\|1}}		{{reflist\|2}}

	[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]		[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]

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'''Lung transplant pathology''' is a little subspecialty in the subspecialty of [[lung]] pathology.

==Rejection==
===General===
*Usual DDx is infection.

===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>{{Ref PPP|407}}</ref>
*Perivascular lymphocytes / plasmacytoid cells.
*+/-Macrophages.
*+/-Eosinophils.
*+/-Neutrophils.

Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lung_transplant_rejection_-_intermed_mag.jpg Rejection - intermed. mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lung_transplant_rejection_-_very_high_mag.jpg Rejection - very high mag. (WC)].

==See also==
*[[Medical lung diseases]].
*[[Pulmonary pathology]].

==References==
{{reflist|1}}

[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]

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	*[[Medical lung diseases]].		*[[Medical lung diseases]].
	*[[Pulmonary pathology]].		*[[Pulmonary pathology]].
			*[[Heart transplant pathology]].

	==References==		==References==

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