Postoperative erythroderma after cardiac operations. The possible role of depressed cell-mediated immunity.
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| Abstract |
Erythroderma as a manifestation of graft-versus-host disease after cardiac operations with blood transfusion may occur more frequently in Japan than in other countries. We have seen this problem in five patients who, after heart operations, died with symptoms and signs characteristic of graft-versus-host disease: cutaneous eruption, fever, diarrhea, leukopenia associated with agranulocytosis, and liver dysfunction. In the three patients seen most recently, skin biopsy showed findings similar to those of graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation. In addition, immunologic investigation showed remarkable differences in the findings in these patients and in those who did not have a graft-versus-host disease-like syndrome after cardiac operations. In particular, interleukin-2 production in response to mitogen stimulation was markedly diminished after operation in our patients, and the ratio of OKT4+ cells to OKT8+ cells in peripheral blood was low, reflecting increased numbers of OKT8+ cells after the occurrence of symptoms. The results raise the possibility that transient depression of cellular immunity after cardiac operations with blood transfusion may contribute to the occurrence of postoperative acute graft-versus-host disease.
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| Authors | K Hisatomi, T Isomura, A Hirano, H Yasunaga, T Sato, N Hayashida, K Ohishi, H Toshima |
| Journal | The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg) Vol. 104 Issue 3 Pg. 648-53 (Sep 1992) ISSN: 0022-5223 [Print] United States |
| PMID | 1387438 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article) |
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