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*Cellular rejection.
*Cellular rejection.
*Chronic rejection.
*Chronic rejection.
==Overview - table==
Grading scheme 2004/1990:<ref>{{Ref WMSP|136}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
| Type (grade)
| Description
| Details
| Image
|-
| acute
| edema, dilated small vessels
| scant inflammation
| [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7&figureId=fig4]
|-
| cellular (0R)
| normal
| no extravascular monocytes
|
|-
| cellular (1R)
| infiltrate, myocyte damage
| scant interstitial infiltrate (lymphoplasmic), scant damage
| [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7&figureId=fig1 mild]
|-
| cellular (2R)
| space-occupying lesion
| diffuse interstitial infiltrate displaces parenchyma (lymphoplasmic), obvious damage
| [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7&figureId=fig2 mod.], [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7&figureId=fig3 mod. resolving]
|-
| cellular (3R)
| disruption of normal arch.
| diffuse interstitial infiltrate disrupts parenchyma (lymphoplasmic & PMNs), fibre loss/damage
|
|-
| chronic
| concentric intimal thicking
| internal elastic lamina preserved (unlike atherosclerosis)
| [http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/srp-view.aspx?id=118724], [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/largeImage?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970592-7&figureId=fig5]
|}


==Biopsy site reaction==
==Biopsy site reaction==
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