Successful bone marrow transplantation in a child with red blood cell pyruvate kinase deficiency

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2000 Sep;26(6):689-90. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702576.

Abstract

We report the first successful use of BMT for the treatment of RBC pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency in a boy who developed neonatal jaundice and severe transfusion-dependent hemolytic anemia a few months after birth. He received a BMT at the age of 5 from an HLA-identical sister who has normal PK activity after conditioning with busulfan and cyclophosphamide. The post-transplant course was uneventful. At present, 3 years after transplant, he is 8 years old and has a normal hemoglobin level and normal RBC PK activity without evidence of hemolysis. DNA analysis has confirmed full engraftment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hemolytic / enzymology
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / therapy
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Erythrocytes / enzymology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / enzymology
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / therapy
  • Male
  • Pyruvate Kinase / blood
  • Pyruvate Kinase / deficiency*

Substances

  • Pyruvate Kinase