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The specimen has four pieces of alveolated lung tissue. This is borderline adequate for the assessment of acute cellular rejection. Some medium-sized airways and bronchial wall is included. There are several small alveolar septal aggregates of small lymphocytes. These minimally expand the alveolar septa. One large lymphocyte aggregate, adjacent to anthrocotic pigment, is present and appears to be associated with a blood vessel.  There are no eosinophils or neutrophils. There is no epithelial damage. There are scattered hemosidern-laden macrophages. There is no suggestion of bronchiolitis obliterans or organizing pneumonia is seen with elastic trichrome stain. Special stains for fungus (PAS with and without diastase, GMS) and Pneumocystis (GMS) are negative. Immunohistochemical stains for adenovirus and CMV and in situ hybridization stain for EB virus (EBER) are negative.  

<br>     i) specimen adequacy: borderline, four alveolated lung fragments assessed.

<br>     ii) perivascular lymphocyte aggregates: one focus.

<br>     iii) micro-organism special stains: negative fungal, Pneumocystis, CMV,

adenovirus and EB virus.