Thoracic Air-Leak Syndrome Complicating Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation.
Tiara BoghanimMarlène MurrisTatiana LamonAnne HuynhJulien MazièresCharles-Hugo MarquetteAlain DidierPublished in: Lung (2018)
We report a case of thoracic air-leak syndrome, an extremely rare complication developed after an episode of organizing pneumonia due to graft-vs-host disease in a 19-year-old male. This unusual non-infectious pulmonary complication occurred 527 days after allogeneic HSCT and led to the patient's death within 1 month due to cardio-respiratory failure. Herein, we highlight chest-imaging aspects which are typical. Early detection by high-resolution chest CT could improve patient management.
Keyphrases
- respiratory failure
- case report
- high resolution
- allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- spinal cord
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute myeloid leukemia
- stem cell transplantation
- mechanical ventilation
- hematopoietic stem cell
- pulmonary hypertension
- bone marrow
- mass spectrometry
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- tandem mass spectrometry
- positron emission tomography