Allogeneic donor split skin grafts for treatment of refractory ulcers in cutaneous chronic graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-a retrospective analysis on seven patients

Autor: Daniela Weber, Per Ljungman, J. Dolderer, Lukas Prantl, Daniel Wolff, Daniel Schiltz, Stephan Mielke, Silvan Klein, Wolfgang Herr, Ernst Holler, G. U. Grigoleit, S. Graf, Barbara Holler, P. Lamby, V. Bjornhagen-Safwenberg, Inken Hilgendorf
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Adult
Keratinocytes
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Transplantation Conditioning
medicine.medical_treatment
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
Graft vs Host Disease
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Transplantation
Autologous

03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Refractory
Internal medicine
Skin Ulcer
medicine
Retrospective analysis
Humans
Transplantation
Homologous

Cyclophosphamide
Retrospective Studies
Skin
Hematology
integumentary system
business.industry
Siblings
Graft Survival
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
General Medicine
Greater omentum
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Transplantation
surgical procedures
operative

medicine.anatomical_structure
Graft-versus-host disease
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Chronic Disease
Female
Keratinocyte
business
Unrelated Donors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Whole-Body Irradiation
030215 immunology
Zdroj: Annals of hematology. 98(8)
ISSN: 1432-0584
Popis: Refractory skin ulcers due to severe chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) remain to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality.We performed an allogeneic donor skin transplantation in seven adult patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for cGVHD-associated refractory skin ulcers. While four patients received a split skin graft (SSG), in one patient, a full thickness skin graft for two small refractory ulcers of the ankle was performed, and one patient received in vitro expanded donor keratinocyte grafts derived from hair roots of the original unrelated donor. In one additional patient, a large deep fascial defect of the lower leg was covered with an autologous greater omentum free graft before coverage with an allogeneic SSG. An additional patient was treated with an autologous scrotal skin graft for a refractory ulcer associated with deep sclerosis of cGVHD after unrelated donor transplantation.All skin grafts engrafted and resulted in permanent coverage of the grafted ulcers without any signs of immunological mediated damage. In the patient receiving in vitro expanded keratinocyte grafts, two localized ulcers were permanently covered by donor skin while this approach failed to cover extensive circular ulcers of the lower legs.Allogeneic donor skin grafts are a valuable treatment option in refractory ulcers due to cGVHD but are restricted mainly to related donors while keratinocyte grafts from unrelated donors remain experimental. In male patients lacking a related donor, autologous scrotal skin graft may be an alternative option.
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