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Granulomatous pneumonitis following bone marrow transplantation

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We describe the rare occurrence of a granulomatous pneumonitis seen in a patient following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Interestingly sarcoidosis was diagnosed in the marrow donor less than a year after donating his bone marrow. Bone Marrow Transplantation (2001) 28, 627–630.

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  1. Division of Respiratory, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    KM Sundar, HJ Carveth & JR Hoidal

  2. Division of Haematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    PG Beatty

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    MV Gosselin

  4. Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

    TV Colby

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Sundar, K., Carveth, H., Gosselin, M. et al. Granulomatous pneumonitis following bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 28, 627–630 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703192

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