Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade: clinical manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
The authors report a case with pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade as a rare clinical manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease in a young man with acute myelogenous leukemia submitted to an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from a related donor.
Hospital Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Hospital Santa Marcelina (HSM), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
David Cavalcanti
DC
Ferreira
Hospital Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Hospital Santa Marcelina (HSM), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
José Salvador Rodrigues
JS
de Oliveira
Hospital Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Hospital Santa Marcelina (HSM), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Katya
K
Parísio
Hospital Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Hospital Santa Marcelina (HSM), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Fernanda Maria Morselli
FM
Ramalho
Graft-versus-host disease; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Pericardial effusion