Severe acute graft-versus-host disease of conjunctivae after allogeneic blood progenitor cell infusion

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1996 Jun;17(6):1179-80.

Abstract

A 37-year-old woman with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia received allogeneic bone marrow transplants after first and second relapses from different HLA-identical brothers. After a third relapse, blood progenitor cells from one of the brothers were infused after six doses of cytarabine 1.5 g/m2 in an attempt to induce a graft-versus-leukemia effect. Seven weeks after the infusion, the patient developed delayed but severe acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) including the unusual manifestation of conjunctival involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Conjunctival Diseases / etiology*
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Transplantation, Homologous