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Pulmonary complications following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Diagnostic approaches
Author(s) -
Sirithanakul Kasem,
Salloum Anan,
Klein Jared L.,
Soubani Ayman O.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.20437
Subject(s) - medicine , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , chest radiograph , etiology , intensive care medicine , stem cell , differential diagnosis , transplantation , population , surgery , lung , pathology , environmental health , biology , genetics
Pulmonary complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Pulmonary infiltrates in such patients pose a major challenge for clinicians because of the wide differential diagnosis of infectious and noninfectious conditions. It is rare for the diagnosis to be made by chest radiograph, and commonly these patients will need further invasive and noninvasive studies to confirm the etiology of the pulmonary infiltrates. This review describes the role of the different diagnostic tools available to reach a diagnosis in a timely manner in this patient population. Am. J. Hematol. 80:137–146, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.