TY - JOUR
T1 - Impressive tissue regeneration of severe oral mucositis post stem cell transplantation using cord blood platelet gel
AU - Piccin, Andrea
AU - Rebulla, Paolo
AU - Pupella, Simonetta
AU - Tagnin, Mario
AU - Marano, Giuseppe
AU - Di Pierro, Angela Maria
AU - Santodirocco, Michele
AU - Di Mauro, Lazzaro
AU - Beqiri, Lisa
AU - Kob, Michael
AU - Primerano, Marco
AU - Casini, Marco
AU - Billio, Atto
AU - Eisendle, Klaus
AU - Fontanella, Fabrizio
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Platelet gel from cord blood (CBPG) is a recently developed blood component for topical use. We report a case of life-threatening mucositis after high-dose chemotherapy with fotemustine and cytarabine that was successfully treated with CBPG. CASE REPORT: A patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who was undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation developed severe oral and esophageal mucositis with severe bacterial sepsis and cytomegalovirus infection, causing prolonged neutropenia. CBPG was topically administered daily to the oral cavity. The CBPG was partially reabsorbed and partially swallowed. RESULTS: After 8 consecutive days of administration, the patient's oral mucosa markedly improved, showing restitutio ad integrum, and the patient's clinical status progressively improved. No side effects were seen after CBPG application. CONCLUSION: This case supports the need to conduct controlled studies comparing the efficacy of autologous and allogeneic platelet gel from adult and umbilical cord blood for the topical treatment of severe oral mucositis occurring after high-dose chemotherapy.
AB - BACKGROUND: Platelet gel from cord blood (CBPG) is a recently developed blood component for topical use. We report a case of life-threatening mucositis after high-dose chemotherapy with fotemustine and cytarabine that was successfully treated with CBPG. CASE REPORT: A patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who was undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation developed severe oral and esophageal mucositis with severe bacterial sepsis and cytomegalovirus infection, causing prolonged neutropenia. CBPG was topically administered daily to the oral cavity. The CBPG was partially reabsorbed and partially swallowed. RESULTS: After 8 consecutive days of administration, the patient's oral mucosa markedly improved, showing restitutio ad integrum, and the patient's clinical status progressively improved. No side effects were seen after CBPG application. CONCLUSION: This case supports the need to conduct controlled studies comparing the efficacy of autologous and allogeneic platelet gel from adult and umbilical cord blood for the topical treatment of severe oral mucositis occurring after high-dose chemotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1111/trf.14205
DO - 10.1111/trf.14205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021366254
VL - 57
SP - 2220
EP - 2224
JO - Transfusion
JF - Transfusion
SN - 0041-1132
IS - 9
ER -