Successful pregnancy after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation following conditioning with total body irradiation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1995 Apr;15(4):637-8.

Abstract

A 23-year-old woman had a normal full-term delivery 78 months after BMT for ALL. Conditioning therapy was Ara C 1.4 g/m2 x 4, CY 60 mg/kg x 2 and TBI 2.5 Gy x 5 at a dose rate of 3.5 cGy/min. Despite GVHD prophylaxis with short-term MTX and CsA, she developed grade I acute GVHD, but showed no evidence of chronic GVHD. Following amenorrhea for 4 years, menstruation recommenced spontaneously. She had a normal pregnancy 6 years after BMT resulting in a healthy infant with simple hypospadias. This and previous reports indicate that normal pregnancy is possible after BMT with TBI in excess of 10 Gy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy*
  • Pregnancy*
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Whole-Body Irradiation*