Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a case of post-total body irradiation colitis

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1998 Mar;21(5):519-20. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701114.

Abstract

We report a 21-year-old man who experienced symptoms of colitis following autologous TBI-conditioned PBSC transplantation, which persisted despite conventional treatment. Abdominal echography showed a thickened, stratified wall of the cecum, of the right colon and of part of the transverse colon. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (20 sessions of 100% oxygen inhalation at 2.5 bar for 120 min in a hyperbaric chamber) achieved a prompt clinical recovery as well as complete disappearance of the ultrasound abnormalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / diagnostic imaging
  • Adult
  • Colitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Colitis / etiology*
  • Colitis / therapy*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / complications
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / radiotherapy
  • Male
  • Recurrence
  • Transplantation Conditioning
  • Ultrasonography
  • Whole-Body Irradiation / adverse effects*