RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The paranasal sinuses of patients with acute graft-versus-host disease.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1287
OP 1291
VO 16
IS 6
A1 J H Deutsch
A1 P A Hudgins
A1 J L Siegel
A1 S B Peterman
A1 S M Devine
A1 R York
A1 J R Wingard
YR 1995
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/16/6/1287.abstract
AB PURPOSE To determine whether patients who have acute graft-versus-host disease (AGVHD), are more likely to have radiographically abnormal paranasal sinuses after bone marrow transplantation than patients without AGVHD. METHODS This retrospective case-control study population comprised 45 adult allogeneic or matched unrelated donor patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation. Twenty-eight patients had AGVHD, and 17 patients did not. All patients had paranasal sinus imaging with either CT or plain films for evaluation of possible sinusitis after bone marrow transplantation. The severity of radiographic changes was measured with an objective scoring system based on mucosal findings. RESULTS An odds ratio revealed no association between AGVHD and the presence of radiographically abnormal sinuses. CONCLUSION The diagnosis of AGVHD should not complicate the radiographic evaluation of acute sinusitis after bone marrow transplantation.