This atlas provides trainees and practicing physicians a visual toolkit to help recognize and manage this difficult condition appropriately. This text highlights the clinical variability of GVHD, and arms readers with the diagnostic clues to categorize patients according to the current grading/stagi
Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology of Graft-versus-Host Disease
โ Scribed by Prof. Dr. Berno Heymer (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 164
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Graft-versus-host Disease (GvHD) occurs primarily but not exclusively as a complication in the context of allogeneic bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (BMT or PBSCT), the treatment of choice for various life-threatening diseases. GvHD may affect skin, liver, gut, and other organs and sometimes runs a devastating or even lethal course. The diagnosis of GvHD is based on both clinical and histomorphological parameters. However, due to the widespread use of GvHD prophylaxis in patients undergoing allogeneic BMT or PBSCT, the number of histologically typical lesions has decreased, while the number of atypical, low-grade or masked lesions has increased. Therefore, an update of the clinical and diagnostic pathology of GvHD of skin, liver, gastrointestinal tract and other organs is required. In the present volume the histological features of GvHD lesions under today's conditions are described and illustrated in detail. Particular emphasis is placed on differential diagnostic problems and histodiagnostic pitfalls. Finally, the applicability and limits of immunohistological methods for the diagnosis of GvHD are shown.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Occurrence of GvHD....Pages 5-11
Pathogenesis of GvHD....Pages 13-26
Clinical Manifestations of GvHD....Pages 27-40
Histopathological Manifestations of Acute GvHD....Pages 41-83
Histopathological Manifestations of Chronic GvHD....Pages 85-102
Immunohistological Features of GvHD....Pages 103-121
Conclusions....Pages 123-125
Methods Used....Pages 127-128
Back Matter....Pages 129-156
โฆ Subjects
Pathology; Oncology; Hematology; Transplant Surgery; Pediatrics
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