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Case Reports
. 2009 May;28(5):508-10.
doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.01.023.

Severe acute graft versus host disease after lung transplant: report of a case successfully treated with high dose corticosteroids

Antonella Fossi  1 , Luca Voltolini, Rita Filippi, Luca Luzzi, Franco Laghi Pasini, Bruna Marchi, Giuseppe Gotti, Paola Rottoli
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Severe acute graft versus host disease after lung transplant: report of a case successfully treated with high dose corticosteroids

Antonella Fossi et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 May.

Abstract

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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