Transfusion-associated graft-vs-host disease – A case report

We report a case of TA-GVHD in a 45-year-old post-hysterectomy patient after packed red blood cell transfusion from a sibling donor. The patient had fever, maculopapular rashes all over the body, elevated transaminases, and hyperglycemia after a week of the blood transfusion. Severe pancytopenia and bone marrow aplasia followed and she succumbed to her disease after 3 weeks of onset.

Source: Acta Haematologica Polonica - October 26, 2016 Category: Hematology Source Type: research