Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a case of post-total body irradiation colitis

Bone Marrow Transplantation
C FavreP Macchia

Abstract

We report a 21-year-old man who experienced symptoms of colitis following autologous TBI-conditioned PBSC transplantation, which persisted despite conventional treatment. Abdominal echography showed a thickened, stratified wall of the cecum, of the right colon and of part of the transverse colon. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (20 sessions of 100% oxygen inhalation at 2.5 bar for 120 min in a hyperbaric chamber) achieved a prompt clinical recovery as well as complete disappearance of the ultrasound abnormalities.

Citations

Aug 23, 2002·Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology·Levent DemirtürkAlan L Buchman
Oct 3, 2013·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Marco Esposito, Helen V Worthington

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