Département de médecine interne, Hôpital de la Timone, APHM, Marseille France.
Service de Neurologie, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Hôpital de la Timone, APHM, Marseille, France.
Mult Scler. 2018 May;24(6):811-813. doi: 10.1177/1352458517729766. Epub 2018 Jan 23.
Alemtuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody directed at CD52 approved as a disease-modifying therapy for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).
To describe a case of a life-threatening autoimmune anemia occurring after a first course of alemtuzumab for relapsing-remitting MS in a 28-year-old male.
Case report.
A 28-year-old male developed a life-threatening autoimmune anemia occurring 11 months after first alemtuzumab course.
We report the third case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia following treatment with alemtuzumab in a young MS patient. Due to the severity of this adverse event, neurologists using this treatment should be alert.
阿仑单抗是一种针对 CD52 的人源化单克隆抗体,被批准为治疗复发性多发性硬化症(MS)的疾病修正疗法。
描述一名 28 岁男性在接受首次阿仑单抗治疗复发性缓解型 MS 后发生危及生命的自身免疫性贫血的病例。
病例报告。
一名 28 岁男性在首次接受阿仑单抗治疗 11 个月后出现危及生命的自身免疫性贫血。
我们报告了第三位在年轻 MS 患者中接受阿仑单抗治疗后发生自身免疫性溶血性贫血的病例。由于该不良事件的严重程度,使用该治疗方法的神经科医生应保持警惕。