Development of cold agglutinin autoimmune hemolytic anemia during treatment for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2005 Jul;27(7):397-9. doi: 10.1097/01.mph.0000174031.63108.eb.

Abstract

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a potentially fatal complication of many lymphoid malignancies. Those most often associated with AIHA include chronic lymphocytic leukemia, B-cell lymphomas, and Burkitt-type acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are clonal populations of mature B cells. There have been no reports of patients with B-cell precursor ALL who developed AIHA while undergoing chemotherapy, but AIHA has been reported in a few patients with ALL after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. The authors describe a child with B-cell precursor ALL who developed cold agglutinin AIHA during maintenance treatment while in remission after infection with influenza B.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Agglutinins*
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / chemically induced*
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / immunology
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / etiology*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cryoglobulins
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Agglutinins
  • Autoantibodies
  • Cryoglobulins
  • cold agglutinins