Idiopathic hyperammonaemia syndrome following allogeneic peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation (allo-PBPCT)

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1997 Dec;20(11):1007-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701003.

Abstract

An idiopathic hyperammonaemia syndrome has been reported in, and following chemotherapy for, various haematological malignancies as well as following bone marrow transplantation. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any neurological deterioration, and we describe a further case associated with an allogeneic peripheral blood progenitor cell transplant (allo-PBPCT).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ammonia / blood*
  • Brain Diseases / blood
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis
  • Brain Diseases / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / complications
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / therapy*
  • Syndrome
  • Transplantation Conditioning / adverse effects*
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • Ammonia