Vestnik Transplantologii i Iskusstvennyh Organov (May 2013)
SEVERE IMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
Abstract
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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