Longhurst H J, O'Grady C, Evans G, De Lord C, Hughes A, Cavenagh J, Helbert M R
Department of Immunopathology, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
J Clin Pathol. 2002 Jan;55(1):64-6. doi: 10.1136/jcp.55.1.64.
To review our experience of anti-D immunoglobulin for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in patients with primary antibody deficiency.
METHODS/PATIENTS: A retrospective case notes review of four Rhesus positive patients with ITP and primary antibody deficiency, treated with anti-D. Patients were refractory to steroids and high dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). Two patients were previously splenectomised.
All patients responded to anti-D immunoglobulin. Improved platelet counts were sustained for at least three months. Side effects included a fall in haemoglobin in all cases; one patient required red blood cell transfusion. Two patients had transient neutropenia (< 1 x 10(9)/litre).
Anti-D immunoglobulin may be an effective treatment for antibody deficiency associated thrombocytopenia, even after splenectomy. Anti-D immunoglobulin may have considerable clinical advantages in this group of patients, where treatments resulting in further immunosuppression are relatively contraindicated.
回顾我们使用抗D免疫球蛋白治疗原发性抗体缺陷患者免疫性血小板减少症(ITP)的经验。
方法/患者:对4例接受抗D治疗的恒河猴阳性ITP和原发性抗体缺陷患者进行回顾性病例记录审查。患者对类固醇和大剂量静脉注射免疫球蛋白(IVIG)难治。2例患者先前已行脾切除术。
所有患者对抗D免疫球蛋白均有反应。血小板计数改善持续至少3个月。副作用包括所有病例血红蛋白下降;1例患者需要输注红细胞。2例患者出现短暂性中性粒细胞减少(<1×10⁹/升)。
抗D免疫球蛋白可能是治疗抗体缺陷相关血小板减少症的有效方法,即使在脾切除术后也是如此。在这组患者中,抗D免疫球蛋白可能具有相当大的临床优势,因为导致进一步免疫抑制的治疗相对禁忌。