CT of gastrointestinal complications associated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Mar;190(3):712-9. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.2628.

Abstract

Objective: This article illustrates the characteristic CT findings of bowel damage related to drug toxicity, conditioning regimen, infections, and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Conclusion: Although some overlap exists in the CT appearances of the different causes of bowel wall inflammation, the findings are frequently unique enough to suggest a specific diagnosis. Awareness of the specific time of occurrence, intensity of clinical symptoms, preferred localization, and extent of accompanying extraintestinal findings help to distinguish the different pathologic entities.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Gastroenteritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gastroenteritis / etiology
  • Graft vs Host Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Transplantation Conditioning / adverse effects*