Post-transfusion acute graft versus host disease in a 17-year-old girl with a malignant mesenchymal tumor--report of a case |
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Authors: | Utkan G Buyukcelik A Demir O Sanli H Pamir A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ibni Sina Hospital, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. gungorutkan_md@hotmail.com |
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Abstract: | Post-transfusion graft-versus-host disease (PT-GVHD) is seldom, but it has a high mortality rate, exceeding 90 percent. There is no standard treatment for PT-GVHD and irradiation of blood and its components before transfusion is broadly accepted for the prevention of PT-GVHD. In this report we present a case (a 17-year-old female) of PT GVHD, who died in spite of the use of all available therapeutic options. |
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