Korean J Clin Pathol.
1998 Sep;18(3):464-468.
A Severe Thrombocytopenia Associated with Cyclosporine-Dependent Antiplatelet Antibody Against Platelet Glycoproteins Ib/IX and IIb/IIIa Complexes
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- 1Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Anatomic Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- A 51 year-old woman underwent living related renal transplantation under cyclosporine A immunosuppression. After surgery, she did well initially, but the serum creatinine level subsequently rose to 3.6 mg/dL on postoperative day 95, she was admitted at Severance Hospital for further evaluation. On admission day 4, a renal biopsy was performed, and the microscopic findings revealed an interstitial mononuclear cell infiltrate, suggestive of severe allograft rejection. Because of persistently impaired renal function, the patient was began on twice weekly hemodialysis, and the progression of renal deterioration paralleled the onset of a thrombocytopenia. The platelet count dropped to 13x109/L despite daily platelet transfusion. On admission day 19, antiplatelet antibody against the glycoprotein Ib/IX (GP Ib/IX) and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa) complex was detected in the presence of cyclosporine A (CsA) with modified antigen capture ELISA (MACE) assay, thereby implicating the drug. CsA was stopped immediately and immunosuppression drug was changed to FK506. After CsA was discontinued 7 day later, her platelet count returned to normal, up to 170x109/L without requirement of any platelet concentrates. This paper presents the first case of CsA induced thrombocytopenia in Korea which was confirmed by in vitro CsA dependent antiplatelet antibody detection test.
MeSH Terms
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Allografts
Biopsy
Blood Platelets*
Creatinine
Cyclosporine
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Glycoproteins
Humans
Immunosuppression
Kidney Transplantation
Korea
Middle Aged
Platelet Count
Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins*
Platelet Transfusion
Renal Dialysis
Tacrolimus
Thrombocytopenia*
Creatinine
Cyclosporine
Glycoproteins
Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins
Tacrolimus
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