title: Late Onset and Protracted Course of Steroid Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.
abstract: Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT). Occurring in 30% to 70% of patients, cGVHD has a median time to onset of 4 to 6 months and most cases present within 2 years after aHSCT. Here, we present a patient transplanted at the age of 55 who developed refractory cutaneous cGVHD more than 5.5 years after aHSCT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gursel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gunes
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Haluk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demiroglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goker
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Umit Yavuz
authors.initials: UY
authors.lastname: Malkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eylem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eliacik
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Diskapi Research and Training Hospital, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yayar
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Buyukasik