Progressive Bronchiectasis as a Manifestation of Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease Following Bone Marrow Transplantation

Radiol Case Rep. 2015 Nov 6;3(1):137. doi: 10.2484/rcr.v3i1.137. eCollection 2008.

Abstract

We describe a case of progressive bronchiectasis resulting in cystic bronchiectasis with regions of mucoid impaction as a manifestation of chronic graft versus host disease as a late complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Keywords: BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; CT, computed tomography; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor.

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  • Case Reports