Case report: acute polymyositis in a patient with chronic graft vs. host disease.
Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) is a multisystemic condition which occurs in 25 to 40% of patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. A 31 year old male developed acute polymyositis one year in the setting of cGVHD etc. after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. A viral etiology could not be proven. This presumably represented a manifestation of cGVHD. His clinical condition improved with immunosuppression and he remains asymptomatic, off therapy.
Ascensao
J L
JL
New York Medical College, Department of Medicine, Valhalla 10595.
Mascarenhas
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RB
Mittelman
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Ahmed
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000209:etiology*