Gastrointestinal Complications Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Children
Korean Journal of Radiology
;
: 449-457, 2008.
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| ID: wpr-175496
ABSTRACT
Gastrointestinal system involvement is one of the principal complications seen in the recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and it is also a major cause of morbidity and death in these patients. The major gastrointestinal complications include typhlitis (neutropenic enterocolitis), pseudomembranous enterocolitis, viral enteritis, graft-versus-host disease, benign pneumatosis intestinalis, intestinal thrombotic microangiopathy, and post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease. As these patients present with nonspecific abdominal symptoms, evaluation with using such imaging modalities as ultrasonography and CT is essential in order to assess the extent of gastrointestinal involvement and to diagnose these complications. We present here a pictorial review of the imaging features and other factors involved in the diagnosis of these gastrointestinal complications in pediatric HSCT recipients.
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Asunto principal:
Diagnóstico por Imagen
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Trasplante de Células Madre Hematopoyéticas
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Enfermedades Gastrointestinales
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Niño
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Korean Journal of Radiology
Año:
2008
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Artículo
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