SPONTANEOUS FACTOR-VIII INHIBITOR OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHRONIC GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE

The development of spontaneously acquired Factor VIII inhibitors is ra re and may lead to serious hemorrhagic sequelae. We report here the ca se of a patient who acquired a Factor VIII inhibitor two years after a n allogeneic bone marrow transplant for CML. This occurred in associat ion with a flare of chronic graft versus host disease (GVDH). He respo nded to corticosteroid therapy. A review of autoimmune phenomena assoc iated with chronic GVDH and the treatment of Factor VIII inhibitors is discussed. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.