Graft-versus-host disease

BMJ Case Rep. 2010 Oct 21:2010:bcr0520103033. doi: 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.3033.

Abstract

This article presents the case of a 26-year-old man who was diagnosed with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, a rare consequence of colonic graft-versus-host disease, after CT imaging revealed free air tracking within the bowel wall and abdomen. His presentation with hiccups, abdominal and neck distension, along with diarrhoea was also unusual, and this case highlights the need for a high index of suspicion when treating post stem cell transplant patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy
  • Colon / pathology
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Diseases / pathology
  • Colonoscopy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Graft vs Host Disease / diagnosis*
  • Graft vs Host Disease / pathology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy*
  • Male
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / diagnosis*
  • Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed