Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2013; 19(4): 597-603
Published online Jan 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i4.597
Table 1 Literature review of the endoscopic findings in gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease
No.Ref.PatientsInvolved GI tractEndoscopic findings
1Sultan et al[23]Acute GVHD patients less than 18 yr old (n = 40)Stomach, duodenum, sigmoid and rectumNormal, erosions, ulcer
2Kreisel et al[24]GI-GVHD patients (n = 175)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, edema, erosions, aptha, ulcer, nonspecific
3Aslanian et al[25]Acute GVHD patients (n = 18)Stomach, duodenum, total colon and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, erosions, ulcer
4Martínez et al[26]GI-GVHD patients (n = 20)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, erosions, ulcer, bleeding
5Krishna et al[27]A 49-yr-old manStomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, erosions
6Al Ashgar et al[28]A 23-yr-old male who had undergone allogeneic HSCTSigmoid colon and rectumErythema, edema
7Varadarajan et al[29]Acute GVHD patients (n = 11)Stomach, duodenum, small bowel, colon and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, erosions, ulcer, bleeding
8He et al[17]GI-GVHD patients (n = 32)Colon and rectumErythema, edema, erosions, ulcer, bleeding, tortoise shell-like mucosa, pseudomembrane mucosa
9Xu et al[8]GI-GVHD patients (n = 8)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, erosions, ulcer, bleeding
10Cheung et al[30]GI-GVHD patients (n = 44)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, erosions, ulcer, nonspecific, bleeding
11Ross et al[31]GI-GVHD patients (n = 92)Stomach, duodenum and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, erosion, ulcer, nonspecific
12Harada et al[32]GI-GVHD patients (n = 15)Colon and rectumErythema, edema, erosion, nonspecific
13Khan et al[33]Acute GVHD patients (n = 38)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumEdema, erosion, ulcer, bleeding, nonspecific, pseudomembrane mucosa
14Silbermintz et al[34]An 8-yr-old childSmall bowelErosion, bleeding
15Holmberg et al[35]GI-GVHD patients (n = 90)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, ulcer
16Onozawa et al[36]An 18-yr-old maleStomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, nonspecific
17Yeh et al[37]GI-GVHD patients (n = 4)Stomach, duodenum, small bowel, colon and rectumErythema, edema, erosions, ulcer, bleeding, nonspecific
18Schulenburg et al[38]GI-GVHD patients (n = 29)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumUlcer, erythema, erosion, normal
19Cruz-Correa et al[39]GI-GVHD patients (n = 44)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, erythema, edema, erosions, ulcer, bleeding, nonspecific
20Wakui et al[40]GI-GVHD patients (n = 44)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumErythema, erosion, ulcer
21Terdiman et al[41]Acute GI-GVHD patients (n = 12)Stomach, duodenum, colon and rectumNormal, nonspecific