Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Pancreatic Transplantation.
ACG Case Rep J
; 6(9): e00214, 2019 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-31750381
ABSTRACT
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation but can rarely occur after solid organ transplants. Small bowel and liver transplants are typically implicated, but solid organ transplant-associated GVHD has also been associated with other organs. We present a 40-year-old diabetic woman who underwent renal followed by pancreatic transplantation over a span of 21 months and ultimately developed acute classic GVHD. The diagnosis proved to be challenging in the context of confounding infections and inconclusive bone marrow and skin biopsy findings. She had multiorgan failure at the time of endoscopic confirmation and died after having minimal response to aggressive immunosuppression.
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