Nodular pulmonary lesions in children after autologous stem cell transplantation: a source of misinterpretation

Br J Haematol. 2008 Feb;140(4):429-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06951.x. Epub 2007 Dec 19.

Abstract

In children with malignant disorders, autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) represents a therapeutic option, but several possible complications, such as life-threatening pulmonary disease, make appropriate diagnostic procedures essential. We describe two cases with bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia after HSCT, with a brief review of important differential diagnoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Neoplasms / therapy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / diagnosis
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / therapy
  • Wilms Tumor / therapy