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Transplant rejection
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Summary of Transplant rejection
Transplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient's immune system, and can range from hyperacute (within minutes) to chronic (within months to years). Depending on the onset of the transplant rejection, the pathogenesis may vary. 

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Pathology

Immune system

General infections
Sepsis
Neonatal sepsis
Abscesses
Hypersensitivity reactions
Type I hypersensitivity
Food allergy
Anaphylaxis
Asthma
Type II hypersensitivity
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Hemolytic disease of the newborn
Rheumatic heart disease
Myasthenia gravis
Graves disease
Pemphigus vulgaris
Type III hypersensitivity
Serum sickness
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
Type IV hypersensitivity
Graft-versus-host disease
Contact dermatitis
Transplants
Transplant rejection
Graft-versus-host disease
Cytomegalovirus infection after transplant (NORD)
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (NORD)
Immunodeficiences
X-linked agammaglobulinemia
Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency
Common variable immunodeficiency
IgG subclass deficiency
Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome
Isolated primary immunoglobulin M deficiency
Thymic aplasia
DiGeorge syndrome
Severe combined immunodeficiency
Adenosine deaminase deficiency
Ataxia-telangiectasia
Hyper IgM syndrome
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
Chronic granulomatous disease
Complement deficiency
Hereditary angioedema
Asplenia
Immune system organ disorders
Thymoma
Ruptured spleen
Immune system pathology review
Immunodeficiencies: T-cell and B-cell disorders: Pathology review
Immunodeficiencies: Combined T-cell and B-cell disorders: Pathology review
Immunodeficiencies: Phagocyte and complement dysfunction: Pathology review

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Transplant rejection

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A 35-year-old woman comes to the clinic because of concerns about transplant rejection. Her medical history is significant for Crohn disease, several partial bowel resections, and an intestinal transplant for short bowel syndrome performed four weeks prior to this visit. She has been closely adhering to her post-operative plan. Which of the following symptoms is most suggestive of intestinal transplant rejection?

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