title: Six cases of leprosy associated with allogeneic hematopoietic SCT.
abstract: We report here the first six cases of leprosy associated with HLA-identical allogeneic SCT in different phases and with different findings and outcomes. Skin and peripheral nerves may be sites of leprosy associated with SCT, stressing the importance of differential diagnosis between leprosy and GVHD or drug reactions. Clinical manifestations of leprosy before or after transplantation did not influence the outcome of SCT in our cases.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. pieronifabiano@uol.com.br
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pieroni
authors.forename: A B P L
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Stracieri
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.forename: E J A
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Saggioro
authors.forename: G M N
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: M C B
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Vigoritto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trabasso
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mauad
authors.forename: V A R
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Colturato
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Foss
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Voltarelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome