Treatment of aregeneratoric anemia following an ABO-incompatible allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: a case report

Ther Apher. 1999 Aug;3(3):275-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.1999.00135.x.

Abstract

Aregeneratoric anemia (AA) occurs rarely after ABO-incompatible allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (alloPBSCT), and its management is generally difficult. Here, we present a 31-year-old white man with myelodysplastic syndrome who developed AA after receiving stem cells from his human leukocyte antigen (HLA) identical, but ABO-incompatible sibling. Because his anti-A antibody titers were high, therapy with conventional doses of erythropoietin and prednisolone failed to treat the AA. Following 8 cycles of plasma exchange and higher doses of erythropoietin and prednisolone as well as danazol administration, anti-A titers decreased, and his anemia improved significantly. In conclusion, to treat and obtain a low titer of antibodies in a patient with AA following an ABO-incompatible alloPBSCT, higher doses of erythopoietin and corticosteroids associated with plasma exchange have to be used.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • ABO Blood-Group System*
  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Group Incompatibility*
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Plasma Exchange*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / therapy*

Substances

  • ABO Blood-Group System
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisolone