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- Title
Demonstration of reversed flow in segmental branches of the portal vein with hand-held color Doppler ultrasonography after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Authors
Hashiguchi, M.; Okamura, T.; Yoshimoto, K.; Ono, N.; Imamura, R.; Yakushiji, K.; Ogata, H.; Seki, R.; Otsubo, K.; Oku, E.; Kuroiwa, M.; Higuchi, M.; Kato, K.; Taniguchi, S.; Gondo, H.; Shibuya, T.; Nagafuji, K.; Harada, M.; Sata, M.
- Abstract
Summary:Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a severe complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). When monitored with hand-held color Doppler ultrasonography during day −7 to +35 around SCT, reversed blood flow in the segmental branches of the portal vein was detected in nine of 56 patients who had undergone SCT. Three of nine patients had clinical evidence of VOD, but six patients did not fulfill the criteria for diagnosis of VOD initially. Two patients progressed to clinical VOD at a later date and the reversed portal flow disappeared with or without treatment for VOD in the other four patients. Monitoring for reversed portal flow with color Doppler ultrasonography may be a useful tool for the early diagnosis of VOD, and may improve prognosis by allowing early initiation of treatment.Bone Marrow Transplantation (2005) 36, 1071–1075. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1705170; published online 10 October 2005
- Subjects
TOXICITY testing; STEM cells; STEM cell transplantation; COLOR Doppler ultrasonography; DOPPLER ultrasonography; PORTAL hypertension; HYPERTENSION; BLOOD vessels; HEMATOPOIETIC stem cells
- Publication
Bone Marrow Transplantation, 2005, Vol 36, Issue 12, p1071
- ISSN
0268-3369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bmt.1705170