Exuberant granulation tissue associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease after transplantation of peripheral blood progenitor cells.
Angiomatous lesions appearing in chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) has been reported previously. We report a case of a patient in whom cutaneous exuberant granulation tissue developed in the course of a cGVHD after allo-peripheral blood progenitor cells transplantation.
Barnadas
M A
MA
Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Sta. Creu i St. Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Brunet
S
S
Sureda
A
A
López
R
R
Curell
R
R
Sierra
J
J
Alomar
A
A
D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*