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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 69, 510-520, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Alveolar lavage cytology in transplanted lungs. I. Staining methods and findings in dogs with autografts and allografts without immunosuppression

U Achterrath, S Blumcke, SK Koerner, T Yipintsoi, SS Siegelman, P Chandler, JW Hagstrom, M Torres, JE Cobbah, P Fujii and FJ Veith

Alveolar lavages were performed repetitively on the normal and transplanted lungs of dogs that had recieved autografts or allografts without immunosuppression. One half of the lavage returns was fixed as a cytologic smear; the other half was subjected to semi-thin section or electron microscopic examination. Of the staining methods was used, the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and Giemsa techniques were best for differentiating and counting cells. The Ladewig technique was best for evaluating the presence and location of fibrin. After autotransplantation, the proportion of so-called alveolar marcophages increased, reached a peak in 4 to 7 days, and then returned to normal. Phagocytized fibrin increased for the first postoperative week, but not extracellular fibrin was ever observed. After allotransplantation, a progressive decrease in the proportion, size, and vacuolization of so- called alveolar macrophages was noted along with an increase in extracellular fibrin. Intracellular fibrin could be detected only up to the third day. These findings define adequate methods for preparing and staining material obtained from diagnostic alveolar lavages, and they suggest that the procedure may serve as an index of lung allograft rejection.

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