Autoimmune pancytopenia following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1990 Dec;6(6):445-7.

Abstract

A 47-year-old female developed autoimmune hemolytic anemia, autoimmune neutropenia, and autoimmune thrombocytopenia 19 months following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Treatment with high-dose corticosteroids resulted in marked improvement in all three cell lines.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Autoimmune Diseases / drug therapy
  • Autoimmune Diseases / etiology*
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / immunology
  • Female
  • Host vs Graft Reaction*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / immunology
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancytopenia / drug therapy
  • Pancytopenia / etiology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects
  • Transplantation, Homologous / immunology

Substances

  • Prednisone