Late-onset intestinal perforation in the setting of posttransplantation microangiopathy: A case report

O. S. Aljitawi, L. Rodriguez, R. Madan, S. Ganguly, S. Abhyankar, J. P. McGuirk

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

8 Scopus citations

Abstract

Intestinal perforation in the setting of posttransplantation microangiopathy (TMA) is a very rare event and might be considered a terminal event of intestinal microangiopathy (i-TMA), a rather rarely recognized posttransplantation complication, as it overlaps with the more common intestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Cases of i-TMA described in literature occurred within with first 100 days posttransplantation or shortly thereafter. In this report, we describe a case of late-onset intestinal perforation that occurred in the setting of systemic microangiopathy more than a year after allogeneic transplantation. In our case, the patient poorly responded to treatment secondary to refractory mircoangiopathy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3892-3893
Number of pages2
JournalTransplantation Proceedings
Volume42
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Transplantation

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Late-onset intestinal perforation in the setting of posttransplantation microangiopathy: A case report'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this