Multiorgan failure with fatal outcome after stem cell tourism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unproven stem cell treatments may involve serious health, personal, and financial considerations. Due to worldwide spread, illegal stem cell therapies have become a major public health problem. We have already witnessed numerous reports in the mass media of severe and occasionally even fatal outcomes after such therapies. However, there are only few scientifically documented cases in which the causality between stem cell therapy and side effects cannot be refuted.

Case presentation

Here we present a case report of a 48-year-old patient with serious side effects, including disseminated skin ulcers, hepatitis, and cardiomyopathy, with eventual fatal outcome following unproven stem cell treatment.

Conclusions

The case of the patient presented here draws attent

SUBMITTER: Veceric-Haler Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7796809 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature