Ocular manifestations of graft-v-host disease

Arch Ophthalmol. 1983 Jul;101(7):1080-4. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1983.01040020082014.

Abstract

Graft-v-host disease is the major complication of bone marrow transplantation for the leukemias and aplastic anemia. In the clinical evaluation of eye problems of patients with acute graft-v-host disease, findings reveal a disease process of keratoconjunctivitis that appears to represent a specific pathologic eye syndrome in which the conjunctivae and occasionally the cornea represent an immunologic target of graft-v-host disease. Additional studies of eye problems of chronic graft-v-host disease reveal the persistent nature of keratitis sicca and the morbid sequelae of the immunoincompetent patient.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cornea / pathology
  • Graft vs Host Disease / complications*
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology
  • Graft vs Host Reaction*
  • Humans
  • Keratoconjunctivitis / etiology*
  • Keratoconjunctivitis / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Xerophthalmia / etiology