Erschienen in:
01.07.2008 | Letter to the Editor
Late-onset pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis associated with non-infectious pulmonary complications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
verfasst von:
Hiroshi I. Suzuki, Koji Izutsu, Takuro Watanabe, Kumi Oshima, Yoshinobu Kanda, Toru Motokura, Shigeru Chiba, Mineo Kurokawa
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Hematology
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Ausgabe 1/2008
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Excerpt
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), characterized by multiple gas accumulation within the bowel wall. PCI usually occurs in association with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and immunosuppressive medication during the early post-transplantation period [
1‐
3]. Herein, we report a rare case of very late-onset PCI associated with severe late-onset non-infectious pulmonary complications (LONIPCs) after unrelated bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The potential association between PCI and LONIPCs is discussed. …