Protein-losing enteropathy secondary to graft-versus-host disease

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2024 Apr;116(4):238-239. doi: 10.17235/reed.2023.9902/2023.

Abstract

Protein-losing enteropathy is a gastrointestinal complication of Graft versus host disease. The clinical presentation can be similar to that of multiple pathologies and represents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. We report a 23-year-old man with a history of acute lymphoid leukemia that required allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation that came to evaluation due to anasarca. We report a 23-year-old man with a history of acute lymphoid leukemia who required allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and came to evaluation due to anasarca.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Edema
  • Graft vs Host Disease* / complications
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* / complications
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma* / therapy
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies* / etiology
  • Young Adult