Stage IV cutaneous acute graft-versus-host disease. Clinical and histological study of 15 cases

• Published in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Vol. 23; no. 12; pp. 1398 - 1404
• Main Authors: Goiriz, R, Peñas, PF, Pérez-Gala, S, Delgado-Jiménez, Y, Aragüés, M, García-Diez, A, Fraga, J, Figuera, Á, Fernández-Herrera, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2009
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Female; Graft vs Host Disease - pathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; stage IV cutaneous acute graft-versus-host disease; toxic epidermal necrolysis

The most severe form of cutaneous acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD), stage IV, is characterized by the appearance of vesicles and blisters. To describe the clinicopathological characteristics and evolution of stage IV cutaneous aGVHD presented in our hospital. Retrospective study. The followin...