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Case Reports

. 2011;66(6):1115-8.

doi: 10.1590/s1807-59322011000600035.

Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation

Eleazar Chaib¹, Felipe D Silva, Esteia R R Figueira, Fabiana R Lima, Wellington Andraus, Luiz Augusto C D'Albuquerque

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¹ Liver Transplantation Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. eleazarchaib@yahoo.co.uk

PMID: 21808887
PMCID: PMC3129945
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322011000600035

Case Reports

Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation

Eleazar Chaib et al. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2011.

. 2011;66(6):1115-8.

doi: 10.1590/s1807-59322011000600035.

Authors

Eleazar Chaib¹, Felipe D Silva, Esteia R R Figueira, Fabiana R Lima, Wellington Andraus, Luiz Augusto C D'Albuquerque

Affiliation

¹ Liver Transplantation Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. eleazarchaib@yahoo.co.uk

PMID: 21808887
PMCID: PMC3129945
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322011000600035

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Skin biopsy stained with hematoxylin–eosin at ×20 magnification, showing many apoptotic keratinocytes, lymphocytic exocytosis and spongiosis in addition to the subepidermal cleft.

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Skin biopsy stained with hematoxylin–eosin at ×20 magnification, showing the epidermis with basal cell hydropic changes, satellite-cell necrosis (near the dermis) and multiple apoptotic keratinocytes.

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