Myositis, polyserositis with a large pericardial effusion and constrictive pericarditis as manifestations of chronic graft-versus-host disease after non-myeloablative peripheral stem cell transplantation and subsequent donor lymphocyte infusion
Silberstein, L., Davies, A., Kelsey, S., Foran, J., Murrell, C., D'Cruz, D., Vinnicombe, S., Norton, A. and Cavenagh, J. (2001) Myositis, polyserositis with a large pericardial effusion and constrictive pericarditis as manifestations of chronic graft-versus-host disease after non-myeloablative peripheral stem cell transplantation and subsequent donor lymphocyte infusion. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 27, (2), 231-233. (doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1702775).
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The clinical features of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) following a non-myeloablative peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplant may differ from those that occur after a conventional allograft. We describe a man with Hodgkin's disease refractory to chemotherapy and radiotherapy who was transplanted from an HLA-identical brother, who developed cGVHD characterised, in particular, by polymyositis, polyserositis with a large pericardial effusion and constrictive pericarditis, 1 month after donor lymphocyte infusion for relapsed disease. Constrictive pericarditis has not been previously reported after a conventional allograft, and none of these features have been reported after a non-myeloablative transplant. The course of cGVHD necessitated potent immunosuppression leading to the presumed loss of graft-versus-lymphoma (GVL) effect.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0268-3369 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Cancer Sciences |
| Item ID: | 73365 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 07:37 |
| Contributors: | Silberstein, L. (Author) Davies, A. (Author) Kelsey, S. (Author) Foran, J. (Author) Murrell, C. (Author) D'Cruz, D. (Author) Vinnicombe, S. (Author) Norton, A. (Author) Cavenagh, J. (Author) |
| Date: | January 2001 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/73365 |
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