Granulomatous pneumonitis following bone marrow transplantation.
We describe the rare occurrence of a granulomatous pneumonitis seen in a patient following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Interestingly sarcoidosis was diagnosed in the marrow donor less than a year after donating his bone marrow.
Sundar
K M
KM
Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
Carveth
H J
HJ
Gosselin
M V
MV
Beatty
P G
PG
Colby
T V
TV
Hoidal
J R
JR
D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D015769:Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014019:Tissue Donors