- 著者
- Makoto Terada Kiyotaka Nakamagoe Naoshi Obara Shinichi Ogawa Noriaki Sakamoto Taiki Sato Seitaro Nohara Shigeru Chiba Akira Tamaoka
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- 雑誌
- Internal Medicine (ISSN:09182918)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.56, no.3, pp.363-368, 2017-02-01 (Released:2017-02-01)
- 参考文献数
- 26
- 被引用文献数
- 6 9
Central nervous system graft-versus-host disease can present quite a diagnostic challenge. We herein present a case of histologically-confirmed chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) involving the central nervous system that occurred at 19 months after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed areas of confluent hyperintensity in the deep/subcortical white matter with multiple punctate and curvilinear gadolinium enhancements, suggesting the disruption of the blood-brain barrier. A brain biopsy revealed perivascular CD3-positive T cell infiltration around the small vessels. We propose that the detection of punctate-enhanced lesions by magnetic resonance imaging may be a useful finding that facilitates the early diagnosis of chronic GVHD involving the central nervous system.