RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Approach to a lung transplant biopsy
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 38
OP 46
DO 10.1136/jcp.2009.068114
VO 63
IS 1
A1 Hwang, D M
A1 Yousem, S A
YR 2010
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/63/1/38.abstract
AB With increasing numbers of lung transplants being performed worldwide, lung transplant allograft biopsies are becoming increasingly common. The evaluation of lung transplant biopsies typically focuses on the assessment of allograft rejection and infection, but other entities may also be seen in biopsy material. Presented here is an approach to lung transplant biopsies, in which there is an overview major diagnostic entities that may be encountered and discussion of findings that may present interpretive challenges.