Autoimmune hepatitis following allogeneic PBSCT from an HLA-matched sibling

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2003 May;31(9):829-32. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703923.

Abstract

A 7-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in second remission received an allogeneic PBSCT from his HLA-matched sister. Acute grade II graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) resolved with corticosteroids. Chronic GVHD in the skin and oral mucosa at around day 60 responded to corticosteroids and cyclosporin A. At 6 months after the transplant, he developed hepatic dysfunction with elevated serum transaminases and gamma-globulin. Liver biopsy revealed chronic inflammation with lymphocytes and plasma cells in portal areas without destruction of bile ducts, suggesting autoimmune hepatitis. While rare, autoimmune hepatitis should be considered a potential long-term complication in patients with hepatic dysfunction in the late post-transplant phase.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Clinical Enzyme Tests
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / etiology*
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / pathology
  • Histocompatibility Testing
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy
  • Siblings
  • Transplantation Conditioning / adverse effects
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Transplantation, Isogeneic