Intramesenteric Steroid Application for Steroid Refractory Gastrointestinal Graft versus Host Disease

Abstract

Currently, Steroid refractory severe gastrointestinal (GI) GVHD is one of the important complications in patients undergoing allogeneic transplantation and there has been no standard therapeutical approach of disease yet. We report here the results related to the application of intramesenteric steroid in two cases with steroid refractory GI GvHD. In both cases, the frequency and volume of diarrhea were completely resolved soon after intramesenteric methylprednisolone (MP) injection. In conclusion, intra-arterial steroid injection might be an alternative approach especially steroid refractory GI GvHD.

Keywords

• steroid refractory gvhd and intramesenteric steroid