title: Pancreatitis post-bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: Pancreatitis has been reported as a rare complication after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). This paper reports a series of three cases of pancreatitis post-BMT and reviews the literature. Pancreatitis occurred in three of 68 (4.4%) of BMT cases in our transplant program. The etiology of such cases is multifactorial and includes drugs, graft-versus-host disease, infection, cholecystitis, and the lipid in total parenteral nutrition. Pancreatitis should be included in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain post-BMT. The development of a pancreatic pseudocyst in an immunocompromised host may require surgical drainage since infected pseudocysts are not drained adequately by radiologically guided techniques.
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Canada.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shore
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bow
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Persad
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubinger
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*