Significant improvement of Takayasu arteritis after cord blood transplantation in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2014 Mar;49(3):458-9. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2013.198. Epub 2013 Dec 9.

Authors

H Kato¹, Y Onishi¹, S Nakajima¹, Y Okitsu¹, N Fukuhara¹, T Fujiwara¹, M Yamada-Fujiwara¹, J Kameoka¹, K Ishizawa¹, H Harigae¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.

PMID: 24317130
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2013.198

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Carotid Stenosis / complications
Carotid Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Stenosis / immunology
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*
Female
Graft vs Host Disease / drug therapy
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / radiotherapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / complications
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / immunology*
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / therapy*
Neutrophils / pathology
Tacrolimus / therapeutic use
Takayasu Arteritis / blood*
Takayasu Arteritis / complications
Takayasu Arteritis / therapy*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Tacrolimus