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. 2014 Mar;36(2):159-61.
doi: 10.5581/1516-8484.20140034.

Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade: clinical manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

David Cavalcanti Ferreira  1 , José Salvador Rodrigues de Oliveira  1 , Katya Parísio  1 , Fernanda Maria Morselli Ramalho  1
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Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade: clinical manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

David Cavalcanti Ferreira et al. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

The authors report a case with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade as a rare clinical manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease in a young man with acute myelogenous leukemia submitted to an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from a related donor.

Keywords: Graft-versus-host disease; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Pericardial effusion.

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