Diagnosis |
Age*/Sex |
DAT |
Procedure |
Replacement Fluid |
Clinical Response |
Outcome |
Reference |
WAIHA
Post-infectious† |
40/M |
IgG+
C3+ |
Phlebotomy (900 mL)
+
Plasmapheresis (2400 mL) |
2 pRBC
700 mL WB,
450 mL plasma
500 mL Haemaccel |
Rapid Improvement
Afebrile
Stable Hgb
Decreased hemolysis
Improved renal function
Decreased DAT |
Survived |
Garelli [14] |
Refractory CLL
WAIHA
Volume overload |
54/F |
IgG+ |
2L WBEx using
Infusion pumps |
Reconstituted RBC (saline, albumin, plasmalyte,plasma) |
Improvement
Decreased DAT |
Survived |
Becker [15] |
WAIHA‡ |
19/M |
IgG+ ± C3+ |
WBEx
(4300 mL) |
WB |
Rapid improvement
Decreased hemolysis
Improved oxygenation
Decreased DAT |
Survived |
This case |
SCID
Haploidential-BMT
IgM-WAIHA |
0.9/F |
C3+ |
WBEx |
WB |
None
Ongoing hemolysis
Autoagglutination
CVA x 2 |
Deceased |
Friedmann [4] |
Evan’s Syndrome
IgM-WAIHA |
9/F |
C3+ |
WBEx |
WB |
None
Ongoing hemolysis
Autoagglutination
Multiple CVA
Pulmonary emboli
Renal failure
Ischemic gangrene |
Deceased |
Nowak-Wegrzyn[5] |
Mycoplasma
Anti-Pr cold AIHA |
41/M |
C3+ |
WBEx |
WB |
None |
Deceased |
Schonitzer [16] |
BMT: Bone Marrow Transplantation; CVA: CerebroVascular Accident; CLL: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; DAT: Direct Antiglobulin Test; SCID: Severe Combined Immuno
Deficiency.