title: Demodicidosis simulating acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in one patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: One important differential diagnosis of facial erythema in a patient receiving an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) is acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Demodex folliculorum has been rarely implicated in the development of facial rashes in immunosuppressed patients, including BMT recipients. We report the case of a patient, suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who after bone marrow transplantation developed a facial rash due to D. folliculorum mimicking GVHD. Differential diagnosis of facial rashes and demodicidosis after BMT is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. cromancurto@gmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Román-Curto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meseguer-Yebra
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cañueto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fraile-Alonso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos-Briz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández-López
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000145:classification; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy*; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects