Pulmonary complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: diagnostic approaches.
Pulmonary complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Pulmonary infiltrates in such patients pose a major challenge for clinicians because of the wide differential diagnosis of infectious and noninfectious conditions. It is rare for the diagnosis to be made by chest radiograph, and commonly these patients will need further invasive and noninvasive studies to confirm the etiology of the pulmonary infiltrates. This review describes the role of the different diagnostic tools available to reach a diagnosis in a timely manner in this patient population.
Sirithanakul
Kasem
K
Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Salloum
Anan
A
Klein
Jared L
JL
Soubani
Ayman O
AO
D000465:Algorithms; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*