The United Network for Organ Sharing position on using donors with primary central nervous system malignancies.
The United Network for Organ Sharing position on using donors with primary central nervous system malignancies.
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器官共享联合网络对于使用患有原发性中枢神经系统恶性肿瘤的捐赠者的立场。
DOI:
10.1097/01.tp.0000148910.32618.7f
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发表时间:
2005
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
H. Kauffman
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作者:
H. Kauffman
We report here an unusual case of a liver transplantation followed by anti-CD36 (GP IV, Naka) sensitization, probably from transfusion, and involving platelet-transfusion refractoriness (PTR). A 47-year-old Japanese man with hepatitis B virus-related liver cirrhosis received a liver transplant in 2001 from his 52-year-old brother with one human leukocyte antigen (HLA) locus mismatch (Table 1). After the transplantation, the patient’s platelets dropped to 21010/L, and platelets were transfused frequently to keep the count at an acceptable level. The number of platelets fluctuated between 2 and 41010/L with a transient rise to 101010/L after transfusion, indicating a poor response to transfusions of randomdonor platelets. No obvious bleeding episodes were observed. Anti-CD36 iso-antibody, which was negative before and 5 days after the transplantation, was first detected after 8 days. Platelets from 21 donors had been transfused by day 8. The recipient was administered immunosuppressants, and tacrolimus (4 mg/day) was changed to prednisolone (5 mg/day) on day 7 because of liver dysfunction. The titer of the antibody, which was16 on day 8, went up to 128 on day 22. No anti-HLA or anti-human platelet antigen (HPA) was detected throughout the period. The recipient and the liver donor were negative for CD36 antigen. The patient was transfused effectively with platelets from CD36 negative, but HLA nonselected, donors. After day 99 when the titer went down to 16, the platelet count persisted at approximately 4 to 51010/L without frequent transfusions. There was no clear evidence of sepsis or rejection during the clinical course. The titer of anti-CD36 declined gradually after CD36-negative transfusion and disappeared on day 232. Nevertheless, the low platelet count was not resolved completely. The patient died of multi-organ failure on day 377.Alloimmune thrombocytopenias in adults are classified into posttransfusion purpura, passive alloimmune thrombocytopenia, transplantation-associated alloimmune thrombocytopenia, and PTR. Transplanted solid organs contain passenger lymphocytes that can transmit autoimmune disease or initiate alloimmune disorders in recipients. Alloimmune thrombocytopenia is an uncommon, but not rare, cause of thrombocytopenia. Alloantibodies against platelet-specific alloantigens, in particular HPA-1a among white populations, can cause severe thrombocytopenia in recipients.