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Abstract
Case Report
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis in patients with pulmonary disease after bone marrow transplantation
Etsuko Nakasone Masashi Bando Takakiyo Nakaya Hideaki Yamasawa Yukihiko Sugiyama
Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University
ABSTRACT
Two patients who had undergone bone marrow transplantation showed emaciation and a flat thorax. The first patient presented clinically with recurrent pneumothorax and the second with recurrent pulmonary infections. Both patients progressively showed subpleural fibrosis on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). We could perform no biopsy or histopathological examination. There is only one previous report on four similar cases. Although the relationship between postbone marrow transplantation and pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is still unclear, collecting similar cases is important.
KEYWORDS
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Pulmonary complications after bone marrow transplantation Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis
Received 2 Dec 2011 ／ Accepted 24 Apr 2012
AJRS, 1(7): 562-566, 2012
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