Successful treatment of refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia with monthly rituximab following nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation for sickle cell disease

被引:20
作者
Raj, A [1 ]
Bertolone, S [1 ]
Cheerva, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Louisville, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Div Pediat Hematol Oncol, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
关键词
autoimmune cytopenia; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Rituximab; erythrocytapheresis; sickle cell disease;
D O I
10.1097/00043426-200405000-00011
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) can occur following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and may be associated with other cytopenias. It can also occur in the context of chronic red cell transfusion in patients maintained on hypertransfusion regimens. There are an increasing number of reports on the successful treatment of autoimmune cytopenias with the monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody rituximab, including a few patients in a post-HSCT setting. The authors report the successful treatment with rituximab of refractory AIHA following allogeneic nonmyeloablative bone marrow transplantation in a child with sickle cell disease.
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