Schulz Marten, Vuong Lam Giang, Müller Hans Peter, Maibier Martin, Tacke Frank, Blau Igor Wolfgang, Wree Alexander
Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK) und Campus Charité Mitte (CCM), 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK), 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 May 21;11(6):928. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11060928.
Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS), also known as veno-occlusive disease (VOD) can be a life-threatening complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Diagnosis is often difficult and traditionally based on clinical parameters. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a modern non-invasive liver stiffness measurement technique using ultrasound. In this monocentric study, we evaluated the role of SWE in diagnosing SOS/VOD in 63 adult patients undergoing HSCT from February 2020 to August 2020 in real world settings. Three patients developed SOS/VOD. This was accompanied by an increase in shear wave velocity in all three patients, indicating that this method may contribute to establishing the diagnosis SOS/VOD after HSCT.
肝窦阻塞综合征(SOS),也称为静脉闭塞性疾病(VOD),可能是造血干细胞移植(HSCT)后一种危及生命的并发症。诊断通常很困难,传统上基于临床参数。剪切波弹性成像(SWE)是一种使用超声的现代非侵入性肝脏硬度测量技术。在这项单中心研究中,我们评估了SWE在2020年2月至2020年8月在现实环境中接受HSCT的63例成年患者中诊断SOS/VOD的作用。三名患者发生了SOS/VOD。这三名患者的剪切波速度均有所增加,表明该方法可能有助于HSCT后SOS/VOD的诊断确立。