A Case of Mediastinal Tuberculous Abscess and Lymphadenitis after Bone Marrow Transplantation / 감염
Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
;
: 247-251, 1999.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
After bone marrow transplantation (BMT), recipients can be complicated by infectious or non-infectious chest lesions such as mycobacterial infections or post- transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs). BMT recipients usually face a lot of risks of mycobacterial infection because they have severely impaired cell- mediated immunity as a result of their underlying disease, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, acute or chronic graft-versus-host diesase (GVHD) and their treatment. We report a case of mediastinal tuberculous abscess and lymphadenitis after BMT, which mimicks PTLDs. 20 months before admission, BMT was performed on a 41 year-old woman who was diagnosed as chronic myelocytic leukemia. She showed acute and chronic GVHD with several infections of bacteria or viruses after BMT. In endemic area of tuberculosis such as Korea, PTLDs should be differentiated from pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Radiotherapy
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Thorax
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Bacteria
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Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis, Lymph Node
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Bone Marrow
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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
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Bone Marrow Transplantation
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Abscess
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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