Cord Colitis syndrome: A cause of granulomatous inflammation in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1109-1113

  Gupta, Nitin K ^a   Masia, Ricard ^b  

^a Gastrointestinal Unit   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord colitis syndrome; Graft versus host disease; Granulomatous colitis; Granulomatous gastritis; Umbilical cord blood transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLITIS; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; METRONIDAZOLE;

EID: 84880290767     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31828a827a     Document Type: Article

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