Pulmonary arterial hypertension in a child with stage‐ IV  neuroblastoma after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and review of the literature | Zendy

Özyörük Derya | Zendy; Kibar Ayşe Esin | Zendy; Sürücü Murat | Zendy; Azak Emine | Zendy; Emir Suna | Zendy; Çetin İbrahim İlker | Zendy; Tunç Bahattin | Zendy; Özbek Namık Yaşar | Zendy

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension in a child with stage‐ IV neuroblastoma after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and review of the literature

Author(s) -

Özyörük Derya,

Kibar Ayşe Esin,

Sürücü Murat,

Azak Emine,

Emir Suna,

Çetin İbrahim İlker,

Tunç Bahattin,

Özbek Namık Yaşar

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

pediatric transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1399-3046

pISSN - 1397-3142

DOI - 10.1111/petr.12576

Subject(s) - medicine , neuroblastoma , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , stage (stratigraphy) , presentation (obstetrics) , pulmonary hypertension , stem cell , transplantation , hematopoietic stem cell , surgery , haematopoiesis , paleontology , genetics , biology , cell culture

PH is a rare condition with high mortality rate after pediatric HSCT . As clinical presentation is non‐specific and may mimic other conditions, a high degree of suspicion is required for diagnosis. Here, we present a patient with stage‐ IV neuroblastoma who developed PAH after autologous HSCT . After exclusion of other causes of PH , we regarded that this condition was secondary to HSCT .

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