Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a severe complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). It is considered as a respiratory manifestation of chronic graft-versus-host disease. It is quite similar to the bronchiolitis obliterans after lung transplantation. Classical therapy associates steroids and immunosuppressive drugs, however theses procedure showed a modest efficacy and have an important morbidity. Recent progresses in the physiopathology of BO post-HSCT allow to use new treatments: mTOR inhibitors, immunotherapy, extra-corporeal photochemotherapy, and bronchial anti-inflammatory effects of azithromycin, statins or antileucotriens. This review will focus on the use of these new therapies in BO post-HSCT.
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