Late-onset intestinal perforation in the setting of posttransplantation microangiopathy: a case report

Transplant Proc. 2010 Nov;42(9):3892-3. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.08.025.

Abstract

Intestinal perforation in the setting of posttransplantation microangiopathy (TMA) is a very rare event and might be considered a terminal event of intestinal microangiopathy (i-TMA), a rather rarely recognized posttransplantation complication, as it overlaps with the more common intestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Cases of i-TMA described in literature occurred within with first 100 days posttransplantation or shortly thereafter. In this report, we describe a case of late-onset intestinal perforation that occurred in the setting of systemic microangiopathy more than a year after allogeneic transplantation. In our case, the patient poorly responded to treatment secondary to refractory mircoangiopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / therapeutic use
  • Colectomy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
  • Intestinal Perforation / pathology
  • Intestinal Perforation / therapy
  • Intestines / transplantation*
  • Ischemia / etiology*
  • Ischemia / pathology
  • Ischemia / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Organ Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Plasmapheresis
  • Rituximab
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathies / etiology*
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathies / pathology
  • Thrombotic Microangiopathies / therapy
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Rituximab