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'''[[Heart]] transplant pathology''' is a niche in [[cardiac pathology]]. | '''[[Heart]] transplant pathology''' is a niche in [[cardiac pathology]]. | ||
==Overview - table== | ==Overview - table== | ||
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=Mimics= | |||
==Biopsy site reaction== | ==Biopsy site reaction== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
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Image: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7&figureId=fig6 Biopsy site (pathconsultddx.com)]. | Image: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7&figureId=fig6 Biopsy site (pathconsultddx.com)]. | ||
==Quilty== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Can be confused for rejection. | |||
*Benign behaviour. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*B-lymphocytes (in clusters). | |||
*Location: | |||
**Quilty A: Endocardial/subendocardial. | |||
**Quilty B: Endocardial/subendocardial + myocardium. | |||
****+/-Myocyte damage.<ref name=pmid9192483>{{cite journal |author=Winters GL |title=The challenge of endomyocardial biopsy interpretation in assessing cardiac allograft rejection |journal=Curr. Opin. Cardiol. |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=146–52 |year=1997 |month=March |pmid=9192483 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://medeponyms.com/entry/7/ Quilty effect (medeponyms.com)]. | |||
*[http://www.e-heart.org/Pages/08_Heart_Transplant/08_Heart_Transplant_ELI%20_001.htm Quilty effect (e-heart.org)]. | |||
=Rejection= | |||
It comes in different flavours: | |||
*Acute vascular rejection. | |||
*Cellular rejection. | |||
*Chronic rejection. | |||
==Acute rejection== | ==Acute rejection== | ||
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*Vague similar to atherosclerosis. | *Vague similar to atherosclerosis. | ||
=See also= | |||
*[[Heart]]. | *[[Heart]]. | ||
*[[Lung transplant pathology]]. | *[[Lung transplant pathology]]. | ||
=References= | |||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
=External links= | |||
*[http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7 Heart transplant rejection (pathconsultddx.com)]. | *[http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7 Heart transplant rejection (pathconsultddx.com)]. | ||
[[Category: Cardiovascular pathology]] | [[Category: Cardiovascular pathology]] | ||