Late Onset and Protracted Course of Steroid Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
CASE REPORTS IN HEMATOLOGY, 2015 (ESCI)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume:
- Publication Date: 2015
- Doi Number: 10.1155/2015/692175
- Journal Name: CASE REPORTS IN HEMATOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT). Occurring in 30% to 70% of patients, cGVHD has a median time to onset of 4 to 6 months and most cases present within 2 years after aHSCT. Here, we present a patient transplanted at the age of 55 who developed refractory cutaneous cGVHD more than 5.5 years after aHSCT.