The authors report the case of a 41-year-old woman who developed an acute graft-versus-host disease following bone marrow transplantation for post-polycythemic myeloid metaplasia; liver, cutaneous and intestinal lesions were present, associated, with a severe protein-losing enteropathy. Symptoms, diagnostic procedures and therapy of intestinal graft-versus-host disease are reviewed. The intestinal clearance of alpha-1 antitrypsin was particularly useful to assess the response to medial treatment, which induced a complete remission.
Ghilain, J. M., Martiat, P., Fiasse, R., Ferrant, A., & Michaux, J.-L. (1990). Entéropathie exsudative causée par une réaction aiguë du greffon contre l’hôte. A propos d’une observation. Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica (Multilingual Edition), 53(5-6), 488-498. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/134892 (Original work published 1990)