Abstract:Summary:A 52-year-old female underwent autologous BMT because of acute myeloid leukaemia FAB M4 in second remission. Since the patient had no HLA-identical sibling she received a purged autologous BM transplant. On day +5 she developed signs of a sepsis syndrome with fluid retention and was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. However, her body weight remained high, ascites and an increase of total serum bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase developed. The icterus worsened to a total bilirubin level of… Show more
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