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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Neurologic complications following a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be caused by various etiologies and significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality. The aim of our retrospective study was to determine the prognostic indicators for HSCT-associated neurologi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8235427/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13123090 |
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author | Shin, Hyewon Yum, Mi-Sun Kim, Min-Jee Suh, Jin Kyung Im, Ho Joon Kim, Hyery Koh, Kyung-Nam Ko, Tae-Sung |
author_facet | Shin, Hyewon Yum, Mi-Sun Kim, Min-Jee Suh, Jin Kyung Im, Ho Joon Kim, Hyery Koh, Kyung-Nam Ko, Tae-Sung |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Neurologic complications following a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be caused by various etiologies and significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality. The aim of our retrospective study was to determine the prognostic indicators for HSCT-associated neurological complications in pediatric HSCT recipients using their clinical characteristics and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesions. The demographics, received treatments, treatment-related morbidities, laboratory findings and brain MRI findings were reviewed and compared among 51 patients who had underwent a brain MRI due to newly developed neurological symptoms or infection signs during HSCT and follow-up period. Children with neurologic complications associated with infectious causes, malignant disease or severe brain MRI abnormalities were more likely to have poor outcome. ABSTRACT: Purpose: To determine the prognostic indicators for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)-associated neurological complications, the clinical characteristics and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesions in pediatric HSCT recipients were reviewed. Methods: This retrospective study included 51 patients who had underwent a brain MRI due to newly developed neurological symptoms or infection signs during chemotherapy or HSCT. We reviewed the demographics, received treatments, treatment-related morbidities, laboratory findings and brain MRI findings, which were compared between good and poor neurologic outcome groups. Results: Thirty-seven patients (72.5%) fully recovered from the neurologic deficits and fourteen (27.5%) persisted or aggravated. The children with an underlying malignant disease had significantly poorer neurological outcomes (p = 0.015). The neurologic complications associated with infection were more frequent in the poor outcome group (p = 0.038). In the neuroimaging findings, the extent of the white matter lesions was significantly higher in the poor outcome group, as was that of abnormal enhancement, ventriculomegaly, cortical change, deep gray matter abnormalities and cerebellar abnormalities. Conclusion: Most children with neurologic complications and neuroimaging abnormalities during HSCT had recovered. However, children with neurologic complications associated with infectious causes, malignant disease or severe brain MRI abnormalities should be more carefully monitored during HSCT. |
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spelling | pubmed-82354272021-06-27 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population Shin, Hyewon Yum, Mi-Sun Kim, Min-Jee Suh, Jin Kyung Im, Ho Joon Kim, Hyery Koh, Kyung-Nam Ko, Tae-Sung Cancers (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Neurologic complications following a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be caused by various etiologies and significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality. The aim of our retrospective study was to determine the prognostic indicators for HSCT-associated neurological complications in pediatric HSCT recipients using their clinical characteristics and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesions. The demographics, received treatments, treatment-related morbidities, laboratory findings and brain MRI findings were reviewed and compared among 51 patients who had underwent a brain MRI due to newly developed neurological symptoms or infection signs during HSCT and follow-up period. Children with neurologic complications associated with infectious causes, malignant disease or severe brain MRI abnormalities were more likely to have poor outcome. ABSTRACT: Purpose: To determine the prognostic indicators for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)-associated neurological complications, the clinical characteristics and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesions in pediatric HSCT recipients were reviewed. Methods: This retrospective study included 51 patients who had underwent a brain MRI due to newly developed neurological symptoms or infection signs during chemotherapy or HSCT. We reviewed the demographics, received treatments, treatment-related morbidities, laboratory findings and brain MRI findings, which were compared between good and poor neurologic outcome groups. Results: Thirty-seven patients (72.5%) fully recovered from the neurologic deficits and fourteen (27.5%) persisted or aggravated. The children with an underlying malignant disease had significantly poorer neurological outcomes (p = 0.015). The neurologic complications associated with infection were more frequent in the poor outcome group (p = 0.038). In the neuroimaging findings, the extent of the white matter lesions was significantly higher in the poor outcome group, as was that of abnormal enhancement, ventriculomegaly, cortical change, deep gray matter abnormalities and cerebellar abnormalities. Conclusion: Most children with neurologic complications and neuroimaging abnormalities during HSCT had recovered. However, children with neurologic complications associated with infectious causes, malignant disease or severe brain MRI abnormalities should be more carefully monitored during HSCT. MDPI 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8235427/ /pubmed/34205634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13123090 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Shin, Hyewon Yum, Mi-Sun Kim, Min-Jee Suh, Jin Kyung Im, Ho Joon Kim, Hyery Koh, Kyung-Nam Ko, Tae-Sung Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population |
title | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population |
title_full | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population |
title_fullStr | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population |
title_short | Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation-Associated Neurological Complications and Their Brain MR Imaging Findings in a Pediatric Population |
title_sort | hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated neurological complications and their brain mr imaging findings in a pediatric population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8235427/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13123090 |
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