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He had a living kidney transplantation done abroad. On returning, he had a normal kidney function with no obvious complications. Three years later, he presented with jaundice, anorexia, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Laboratory evaluation showed marked elevated liver enzymes, and severe pancytopenia with evidence of hepatosplenomegaly. Liver biopsy was compatible with graft-versus-host-disease and toxic hepatitis. The patient was not cooperative with the management and he traveled abroad for the 2\n                    <jats:sup>nd<\/jats:sup>\n                    opinion. Based on the clinical presentations, laboratory, radiological, and pathological findings, transplant-associated GVHD (ta-GVHD) was confirmed. Unfortunately, this patient was complicated by severe sepsis, and confounded by a lack of cooperation with the management plan, which resulted in his demise. In the presence of a highly immunocompromised state, patients presenting with transaminitis\/hyperbilirubinemia, and when drug-induced liver injury is excluded, the diagnosis of ta-GVHD needs to be highly considered.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4103\/1319-2442.388194","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,19]],"date-time":"2023-10-19T02:36:45Z","timestamp":1697683005000},"page":"586-592","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Transplant Associated Graft versus Host Disease"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Issa","family":"Al Salmi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Aziabah, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ehab","family":"Mohammed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, 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