1. Thoracic Air-Leak Syndrome Complicating Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation
- Author
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Julien Mazieres, Marlene Murris, Tiara Boghanim, Alain Didier, Charles-Hugo Marquette, Anne Huynh, and Tatiana Lamon
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Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Disease ,Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ,Air leak ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Fatal Outcome ,0302 clinical medicine ,Humans ,Transplantation, Homologous ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Pneumomediastinum ,business.industry ,Pulmonary Complication ,Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ,Pneumothorax ,Syndrome ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Graft-versus-host disease ,030228 respiratory system ,business ,Complication - Abstract
We report a case of thoracic air-leak syndrome, an extremely rare complication developed after an episode of organizing pneumonia due to graft-vs-host disease in a 19-year-old male. This unusual non-infectious pulmonary complication occurred 527 days after allogeneic HSCT and led to the patient's death within 1 month due to cardio-respiratory failure. Herein, we highlight chest-imaging aspects which are typical. Early detection by high-resolution chest CT could improve patient management.
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- 2018