Clinical challenges and images in GI. Image 4. Transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy of the colon accompanied by graft-versus-host disease

Gastroenterology. 2009 Jun;136(7):2067, 2418. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.086. Epub 2009 May 3.

Authors

Shuji Yamamoto¹, Hiroshi Nakase, Tsutomu Chiba, Kouhei Yamashita, Masafumi Ito

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 19414077
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.086

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy, Needle
Colonoscopy*
Diarrhea / diagnosis
Diarrhea / etiology
Disease Progression
Fatal Outcome
Graft vs Host Disease / drug therapy
Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
Graft vs Host Disease / pathology*
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / methods
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis
Multiple Myeloma / surgery
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / drug therapy
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / etiology*
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / pathology*
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index

Substances

Methylprednisolone