Fatal dissemination of cytomegalovirus after bone marrow transplantation.
The clinical course and necropsy findings are described of an 11-year-old child found to have active cytomegalovirus infection at the time of bone marrow transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Attention is drawn to the presence of primitive mononuclear cells of uncertain origin in the regenerating bone marrow.
D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology; D014181:Transplantation Immunology