Vestnik Transplantologii i Iskusstvennyh Organov (May 2013)

SEVERE IMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

  • A. I. Sushkov,
  • Y. O. Malinovskaya,
  • I. A. Miloserdov,
  • Y. G. Moysyuk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15825/1995-1191-2013-2-109-112
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 2
pp. 109 – 112

Abstract

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Clinical case of successful treatment of severe immune hemolytic anemia after liver transplantation is represen- ted in this article. The cause of complication was so-called passenger lymphocyte syndrome (a type of graft- versus-host disease). Two plasmapheresis sessions and Ig (0.5 g/kg) in combination with increased maintenance immunosuppression with a short course of oral methylprednisolone in a total dose of 150 mg during 12 days were effective. The patient was discharged from hospital 34 days after transplantation in a satisfactory condition with a stable hemoglobin level.

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