Eosinophilic colitis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Int J Hematol. 2003 Jul;78(1):76-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02983245.

Abstract

Eosinophilic colitis is a rare inflammatory disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the colon and peripheral blood eosinophilia. We report on a case of eosinophilic colitis in a 29-year-old woman with acute myeloid leukemia following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from her HLA-identical sister. To our knowledge, eosinophilic colitis has rarely been reported in association with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / immunology
  • Cell Movement
  • Colitis / etiology*
  • Colitis / pathology
  • Colon / pathology
  • Cytokines / blood
  • Eosinophilia / etiology*
  • Eosinophilia / pathology
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / complications*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / therapy
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Transplantation, Isogeneic

Substances

  • Cytokines