Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 490-495 , April 2009

Clinical Utility of Computed Tomography Screening of Chest, Abdomen, and Sinuses before Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: The St. Jude Experience

  • Kimberly A. Kasow

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Kimberly A. Kasow, DO, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 260, Memphis, TN 38105.
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  • Jennifer Krueger

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Deo Kumar Srivastava

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Chenghong Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Raymond Barfield

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Wing Leung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Edwin M. Horwitz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Renee Madden

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Paul Woodard

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Ishtiaq Hussain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • M. Beth McCarville

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Rupert Handgretinger

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
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  • Gregory A. Hale

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Received 30 May 2008 ,Accepted 23 November 2008.

  • Image Result

    Number of allogeneic (allo) patients categorized by pre-HSCT chest (A) and abdominal (B) CT findings: normal versus abnormal CT imaging and classified further by symptomatology.

    Number of allogeneic (allo) patients categorized by pre-HSCT chest (A) and abdominal (B) CT findings: normal versus abnormal CT imaging and classified further by symptomatology.

  • Image Result

    Organizational diagrams of allogeneic (allo) HSCT recipients who underwent pretransplant chest (A) and abdominal (B) CT imaging. Patients were further characterized by history of fungal infection and

    Organizational diagrams of allogeneic (allo) HSCT recipients who underwent pretransplant chest (A) and abdominal (B) CT imaging. Patients were further characterized by history of fungal infection and symptomatology, followed by the initiation of new therapy based on CT findings. Only 2 new therapies were started based on chest CT findings and none on abdominal findings.

 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 495.

PII: S1083-8791(08)00583-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.11.033

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 490-495 , April 2009

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