Granulomatous pneumonitis following bone marrow transplantation

K M Sundar; H J Carveth; M V Gosselin; P G Beatty; T V Colby; J R Hoidal

doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1703192

Granulomatous pneumonitis following bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2001 Sep;28(6):627-30. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703192.

Authors

K M Sundar¹, H J Carveth, M V Gosselin, P G Beatty, T V Colby, J R Hoidal

Affiliation

¹ Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.

PMID: 11607780
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703192

Abstract

We describe the rare occurrence of a granulomatous pneumonitis seen in a patient following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Interestingly sarcoidosis was diagnosed in the marrow donor less than a year after donating his bone marrow.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
Female
Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / diagnostic imaging
Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / etiology*
Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / pathology
Humans
Male
Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia / etiology*
Pneumonia / pathology
Radiography
Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
Tissue Donors