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Doença do enxerto contra o hospedeiro

Última revisão: 13 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 09 Apr 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • receptor de transplante alogênico de células hematopoéticas (HCT)
  • novo episódio de lesões bucais dolorosas
  • lesões cutâneas hiperpigmentadas
  • exantema maculopapular difuso
  • sinais e sintomas genitais
  • náuseas, vômitos, dor abdominal, diarreia profusa e anorexia
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • rigidez ou constrição articular
  • dia +21 ao dia +25 após o HCT
  • olhos secos, arenosos e dolorosos
  • icterícia
  • hepatomegalia
  • esclerodermia
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Fatores de risco

  • Incompatibilidade do HLA e doador não aparentado
  • DECH aguda prévia
  • receptor ou doador em idade avançada
  • doadora mulher com receptor homem
  • doadora mulher que já teve filhos
  • tipo e estágio da neoplasia subjacente
  • esquema de radiação de condicionamento de alta intensidade
  • transplante de células-tronco do sangue periférico
  • infusão de linfócitos do doador (ILD)
  • profilaxia de DECH ausente ou aquém do ideal
  • raça branca ou negra
  • soropositivo para o citomegalovírus (CMV)
  • esplenectomia
  • baixo escore de capacidade funcional
  • condição socioeconômica baixa
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • Hemograma completo
  • eletrólitos séricos
  • testes da função hepática
  • urinálise
  • urocultura
  • hemocultura
  • coprocultura
  • estudos de reação em cadeia da polimerase viral
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) abdominal
  • ultrassonografia com Doppler do fígado
  • biópsia de tecido (pele, trato gastrointestinal, fígado ou pulmão)
  • testes de função pulmonar
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) de alta resolução do tórax
  • lavagem broncoalveolar (LBA) e cultura
  • ecocardiograma
  • esofagografia baritada ou endoscopia digestiva alta
  • Tomografia por emissão de pósitrons com fluordesoxiglucose (18F) (FDG-PET)
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Novos exames

  • biomarcadores séricos

Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

receptor de transplante de células hematopoéticas (HCT)

AGUDA

agudo: grau I

agudo: grau II-IV

CONTÍNUA

crônico

Colaboradores

Autores

Sung Won Choi, MD, MS
Sung Won Choi

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplantation

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor

MI

Disclosures

SWC is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Lyndsey Runaas, MD
Lyndsey Runaas

Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology

Division of Hematology/Oncology

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee

WI

Disclosures

LR declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Sung Choi and Dr Lyndsey Runaas would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Pavan Reddy, a previous contributor to this topic.

Disclosures

PR is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston

MA

Disclosures

CC declares that he has no competing interests.

Waseem Qasim, BMedSci (Hons), MBBS, MRCP (UK), MRCPCH, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Institute of Child Health

Consultant in Paediatric Immunology & Bone Marrow Transplantation

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London

UK

Disclosures

WQ declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Jagasia MH, Greinix HT, Arora M, et al. National Institutes of Health consensus development project on criteria for clinical trials in chronic graft-versus-host disease: I. The 2014 Diagnosis and Staging Working Group report. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Mar;21(3):389-401.e1.Full text  Abstract

Penack O, Marchetti M, Aljurf M, et al. Prophylaxis and management of graft-versus-host disease after stem-cell transplantation for haematological malignancies: updated consensus recommendations of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Lancet Haematol. 2024 Feb;11(2):e147-59. Abstract

Dignan FL, Amrolia P, Clark A, et al. Diagnosis and management of chronic graft-versus-host disease. Br J Haematol. 2012 Jul;158(1):46-61.Full text  Abstract

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: hematopoietic cell transplantation [internet publication].Full text

Dignan FL, Clark A, Amrolia P, et al. Diagnosis and management of acute graft-versus-host disease. Br J Haematol. 2012 Jul;158(1):30-45.Full text  Abstract

Carpenter PA, Kitko CL, Elad S, et al. National Institutes of Health consensus development project on criteria for clinical trials in chronic graft-versus-host disease: V. The 2014 Ancillary Therapy and Supportive Care Working Group report. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Jul;21(7):1167-87.Full text  Abstract

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