Fossi A, Voltolini L, Filippi R, Luzzi L, Pasini FL, Marchi B, Gotti G, Rottoli P
Severe acute graft versus host disease after lung transplant: report of a case successfully treated with high dose corticosteroids. [Journal Article]
J Heart Lung Transplant 2009 May; 28(5):508-10.
Acute graft vs host disease is an uncommon and usually fatal complication of lung transplant for which no effective therapy exists. All 8 patients with grade 3 to 4 acute graft vs host disease after lung transplantation described in literature died within 208 days. We report a patient with grade 3 to 4 acute graft vs host disease after bilateral lung transplantation who was successfully treated with high-dose corticosteroids after basiliximab and extracorporeal photopheresis were unsuccessful.
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