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Graft-vs-Host Disease as a Complication of Lung Transplantation
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 09/13/06

Douglas M. Smith MD, PhD, et al. - We report a rare case of acute graft-vs-host disease (aGVHD) after a lung transplant. The patient presented with advanced disease manifested by skin rash, fever, diarrhea, liver dysfunction and severe pancytopenia. He went on to die of sepsis and multi-organ failure. aGVHD is a disease often confused with drug reactions or viral infection; therefore, it is important to have a high index of suspicion and to confirm the diagnosis early with tests for donor cell chimerism

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