Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case report

We report successful treatment of a case with acute graft-versus-host disease. A 54-year-old male presented with a fever for two weeks and generalized pruritic erythemas for three days. The patient had allogeneic liver transplantation one month ago. Dermatological examination revealed lip erosion wi...

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Main Authors: JIANG Yuyang, TANG Lulu, CHEN Haiju, LV Chunying, XIONG Hongdi, WU Yi
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Published: editoiral office of Journal of Diagnosis and Therapy on Dermato-venereology 2025-01-01
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TANG Lulu
CHEN Haiju
LV Chunying
XIONG Hongdi
WU Yi
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description We report successful treatment of a case with acute graft-versus-host disease. A 54-year-old male presented with a fever for two weeks and generalized pruritic erythemas for three days. The patient had allogeneic liver transplantation one month ago. Dermatological examination revealed lip erosion with purulent discharge, multiple erythematous rashes on the head, face, trunk, and extremities. Normal skin islands could be seen between some erythemas, and both palms had targetoid erythema. A surgical scar approximately 35 cm in length was observed below the rib margin. Histopathological changes included extensive epidermal necrosis with satellite lymphocytic infiltration surrounding necrotic keratinocytes in the epidermis, subepidermal clefts, mild perivascular lymphocytic infiltration in the superficial dermis, focal necrosis of follicular epithelium, and a few lymphocytic infiltrations around sweat glands. A diagnosis of acute graft-versus-host disease was made. The patient was treated with high dose glucocorticoids and human immunoglobulin. The treatments improved both erythema and other conditions, and the patient was discharged. No new lesions or liver transplant rejection occurred during 4-month follow-up.
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spelling doaj-art-bd415ec775ea4b089da599c3a6dedd4e2025-02-08T03:48:35Zzhoeditoiral office of Journal of Diagnosis and Therapy on Dermato-venereologyPifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi1674-84682025-01-01321515510.3969/j.issn.1674-8468.2025.01.009Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case reportJIANG Yuyang0TANG Lulu1CHEN Haiju2LV Chunying3XIONG Hongdi4WU Yi5Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530000, ChinaSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530000, ChinaSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530000, ChinaSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530000, ChinaSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530000, ChinaSecond Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530000, ChinaWe report successful treatment of a case with acute graft-versus-host disease. A 54-year-old male presented with a fever for two weeks and generalized pruritic erythemas for three days. The patient had allogeneic liver transplantation one month ago. Dermatological examination revealed lip erosion with purulent discharge, multiple erythematous rashes on the head, face, trunk, and extremities. Normal skin islands could be seen between some erythemas, and both palms had targetoid erythema. A surgical scar approximately 35 cm in length was observed below the rib margin. Histopathological changes included extensive epidermal necrosis with satellite lymphocytic infiltration surrounding necrotic keratinocytes in the epidermis, subepidermal clefts, mild perivascular lymphocytic infiltration in the superficial dermis, focal necrosis of follicular epithelium, and a few lymphocytic infiltrations around sweat glands. A diagnosis of acute graft-versus-host disease was made. The patient was treated with high dose glucocorticoids and human immunoglobulin. The treatments improved both erythema and other conditions, and the patient was discharged. No new lesions or liver transplant rejection occurred during 4-month follow-up.http://pfxbzlx.gdvdc.com/EN/10.3969/j.issn.1674-8468.2025.01.009acute graft-versus-host diseaseliver transplantationdrug induced dermatitis
spellingShingle JIANG Yuyang
TANG Lulu
CHEN Haiju
LV Chunying
XIONG Hongdi
WU Yi
Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case report
Pifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi
acute graft-versus-host disease
liver transplantation
drug induced dermatitis
title Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case report
title_full Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case report
title_fullStr Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case report
title_short Acute graft-versus-host disease: a case report
title_sort acute graft versus host disease a case report
topic acute graft-versus-host disease
liver transplantation
drug induced dermatitis
url http://pfxbzlx.gdvdc.com/EN/10.3969/j.issn.1674-8468.2025.01.009
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