| Autoimmune hemolytic anemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients, report of five cases and review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 22112003 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Miloh T, Arnon R, Roman E, Hurlet A, Kerkar N, Wistinghausen B. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients, report of five cases and review of the literature. Pediatr Transplantation 2011: 15: 870-878. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract: Cytopenias are common among pediatric SOT; however, autoimmune cytopenias are infrequently reported. We report five cases of autoimmune cytopenias in pediatric LT patients: two with isolated IgG-mediated AIHA, two with ITP, and one with Evans syndrome (ITP and AIHA). All patients were maintained on tacrolimus as immunosuppression. Viral illness commonly preceded the autoimmune cytopenias. All patients responded well to medical therapy (steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, and rituximab) and lowering tacrolimus serum level. Prognosis appears to be worse when more than one cell line (e.g., Evans syndrome) is affected, and/or there is no preceding viral illness. A critical literature review of autoimmune cytopenias in children following SOT is conducted. Autoimmune cytopenias are a rarely reported complication of pediatric SOT, but clinicians taking care of pediatric transplant recipients need to be aware of this complication. |
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Tamir Miloh; Ronen Arnon; Elizabeth Roman; Anne Hurlet; Nanda Kerkar; Birte Wistinghausen |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Pediatric transplantation Volume: 15 ISSN: 1399-3046 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Transplant Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-11-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9802574 Medline TA: Pediatr Transplant Country: Denmark |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 870-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. |
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Department of Gastroenterology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA Clinical Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA Department of Pediatrics and Recanati Miller Transplant Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA Jack Martin Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. |
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