Utility of Endoscopic Examination in the Diagnosis of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract.
Kosuke NomuraToshiro IizukaDaisuke KajiHisashi YamamotoYasutaka KuribayashiMasami TanakaTsukasa FuruhataSatoshi YamashitaDaisuke KikuchiAkira MatsuiToshifumi MitaniYasunori OtaShuichi TaniguchiShu HoteyaPublished in: Gastroenterology research and practice (2017)
It is important to perform endoscopy proactively for the early diagnosis of GVHD, and biopsy should be performed even when no abnormality is observed. In addition, because patients with mucosal exfoliation are extremely likely to have grade 3/4 GVHD, early treatment should be initiated.