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| Post-mortem incidental finding of cytomegalovirus oophoritis after an allogeneic stem cell transplant |
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| Y Nieto1, M Ross1, R Gianani2, E J Shpall1, P J Cagnoni1, S I Bearman1 and R B Jones1 |
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1University of Colorado Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Denver, Co, USA
2Pathology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, Co, USA
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Correspondence to: Y Nieto, University of Colorado Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Box B-190, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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| Abstract |
| Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is a common and serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Its two most frequent manifestations are interstitial pneumonitis and gastroenteritis. We describe here the first reported case of CMV ovarian infection in an allo-SCT recipient. This patient was included in a clinical trial of high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with HLA-matched peripheral SCT for metastatic breast cancer. She expired 53 days after transplantation from organ failure unrelated to her CMV oophoritis. |
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| Keywords |
| breast cancer; cytomegalovirus; oophoritis; allogeneic stem cell transplant |
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| Received 20 June 1998; accepted 3 January 1999 |
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| June 1999, Volume 23, Number 12, Pages 1323-1324 |
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