Recurrent Secondary Pneumothorax Caused by Bronchiolitis Obliterans Due to Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease in a Patient with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia after Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 183-187, 2004.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-191071
ABSTRACT
Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a nonspecific inflammatory injury affecting primarily the small airways. Its inflammatory process is characterized by fibrotic obliteration of the lumen of bronchioles. BO can be idiopathic or associated with connective tissue disease, inhaled toxins, infections, drugs, and chronic graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD). Pulmonary complications occur in 40~60% of patients who undergo allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT), causing 10~40% of transplant-related deaths. BO is a characteristic pulmonary complication which occurs usually within a few years after BMT. Documented complications of BO include air-leak syndromes such as pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax. We report a case of a 30-year-old male patient with BO due to chronic GVHD after allogenic BMT who presented with recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces.
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Asunto principal:
Neumotórax
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Enfisema Subcutáneo
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Médula Ósea
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Bronquiolitis
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Bronquiolitis Obliterante
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Leucemia Mielógena Crónica BCR-ABL Positiva
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Trasplante de Médula Ósea
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Enfermedades del Tejido Conjuntivo
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Trasplantes
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Bronquiolos
Límite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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