Research Article: Isolated massive pleural effusion as a manifestation of chronic graft versus host disease successfully treated with corticosteroid
Introduction:
Pulmonary complications of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) occur in as many as 60% of stem cell recipients and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to clinicians [1,2,3,4,5]. Pleural effusion after allogeneic HSCT can be caused by many reasons, including infection, volume overload, serositis-type graft versus host disease (GVHD), and heart failure. Pleural effusion has been associated with significantly worse overall survival and pulmonary-related mortality in a recent cohort…
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