Grading and Treatment of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Category Symptoms after DLI or HSCT Acute features Chronic features Classic acute < 100 days Yes No Persistent, recurrent and late-onset > 100 days Yes No Overlap > 100 days…
Clinical Presentation of Mucosal Acute and Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Fig. 4.1 Ocular graft-versus-host disease. Ocular GVHD can affect almost every structure of the eye. Distinctive characteristics of chronic ocular GVHD include keratoconjunctivitis sicca, confluent areas of punctate keratopathy, and…
Overview of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Fig. 1.1 Increasing numbers of patients are undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) every year (Adapted from Pasquini and Zhu [1]; with permission) Historical Perspective Pioneering experimentation by Jacobson…
Pathophysiology and Immunology of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Cell subset Risk of cGVHD References Effector memory CD4EM T cells (CCR7neg CD62Llow) Increase in this T-cell subset co-related with increased risk of cGVHD Yamashita et al. [7] CD8+ Central…
Middle Eastern Rhinoplasty
The ethnic appearance of the Middle Eastern nose is defined by several unique visual features, particularly a high radix, wide overprojecting dorsum, and an amorphous hanging nasal tip. These external…
Rhinoplasty in the Patient of African Descent
We are in the midst of truly changing times, as patients of African descent actively embrace facial cosmetic surgery. Gaining surgical consistency in patients of African descent has proven to…
Hispanic/Mestizo Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty is one of the most common facial plastic procedures performed in the Hispanic/mestizo ethnic group. Today, emphasis is placed on ethnic and cultural backgrounds, definition of facial and nasal…
Asian Rhinoplasty
Asian rhinoplasty is one of the most challenging ethnic rhinoplasties that plastic surgeons perform because of the thick skin and soft-tissue envelope. There are three goals: pleasing the patient, achieving…
Traumatic Rhinoplasty in the Non-Caucasian Nose
Traumatic injury resulting in nasal deformity poses unique challenges to the surgeon. Optimal management requires careful preoperative analysis and thoughtful surgical planning. The goals of rhinoplasty are to correct both…
Botox Facial Slimming/Facial Sculpting: The Role of Botulinum Toxin-A in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Masseteric Muscle and Parotid Enlargement to Narrow the Lower Facial Width
Botulinum toxin A is a highly efficacious and cost-effective, nonsurgical option for reducing the width and shape of the lower face and jawline. The results can vary from the subtlest…
