Chronic graft-versus-host disease: clinical presentation of multiple lesions of lichenoid and atrophic pattern

Graft-versus-host disease is observed mainly in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation and is expressed by cutaneous or systemic signals and symptoms. Graft-versus-host disease is clinically classified as acute or chronic. Chronic Graft-versus-host disease occurs in up to 70% of hematopoie...

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Main Authors: Luiza Vasconcelos (Author), Erica Cristina Vieira (Author), Eliana Maria Minicucci (Author), Ana Gabriela Salvio (Author), Mair Pedro de Souza (Author), Mariangela Esther Alencar Marques (Author), Silvio Alencar Marques (Author)
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Graft-versus-host disease is observed mainly in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation and is expressed by cutaneous or systemic signals and symptoms. Graft-versus-host disease is clinically classified as acute or chronic. Chronic Graft-versus-host disease occurs in up to 70% of hematopoietic cell transplanted patients and its clinical manifestations have important impact on morbidity and quality of life. The authors report an expressive cutaneous, oral and adnexal involvement in a patient with chronic Graft-versus-host disease with multiple lesions of lichenoid and atrophic pattern.
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10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132128