Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade: clinical manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

David Cavalcanti Ferreira; José Salvador Rodrigues de Oliveira; Katya Parísio; Fernanda Maria Morselli Ramalho

doi:10.5581/1516-8484.20140034

Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade: clinical manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2014 Mar;36(2):159-61. doi: 10.5581/1516-8484.20140034.

Authors

David Cavalcanti Ferreira¹, José Salvador Rodrigues de Oliveira¹, Katya Parísio¹, Fernanda Maria Morselli Ramalho¹

Affiliation

¹ Hospital Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Hospital Santa Marcelina (HSM), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Graft-versus-host disease; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Pericardial effusion.