Department of Internal Medicine, Suwa Central Hospital, 4300 Tamagawa, Chino-shi, Nagano-ken, 391-8503, Japan.
CEN Case Rep. 2021 May;10(2):159-164. doi: 10.1007/s13730-020-00536-z. Epub 2020 Sep 27.
Quetiapine has been reported to cause immune-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA), although few cases have been reported thus far. A 71-year-old man with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease on maintenance dialysis was hospitalized with a hemorrhagic basal ganglia stroke, and was treated with 25 mg quetiapine for delirium from day 4 of admission. There was no worsening of consciousness, fever, diarrhea, or elevated blood pressure during the hospitalization. Gingival bleeding appeared on day 35, and the platelet count on day 38 was 0.5 × 10/μL (13.2 × 10/μL on day 16). The presence of 1% schistocytes, high LDH level, inability to measure haptoglobin, negative direct Coombs test, and normal prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time indicated TMA. We considered an exclusionary diagnosis of drug-induced TMA, because of normal ADAMTS13 activity, no evidence of complement activation and the absence of Shiga toxin or symptoms of collagen disease or cancer. Quetiapine was the most likely causative factor; however, all drugs, including heparin, were discontinued or changed. Due to persistent microbleeding, platelet transfusions were performed several times. After only quetiapine was discontinued, the platelet count recovered smoothly to 3.1 and 7.2 × 10/μL on days 45 and 72, respectively; LDH and fibrinogen levels normalized on day 47. All medications, except quetiapine, were restarted sequentially after day 47, without subsequent thrombocytopenia. Platelet activation predominantly by a drug-dependent antibody might be the etiology of quetiapine-induced TMA. Plasmapheresis may not be necessary for quetiapine, because of its unproven efficacy in drug-induced TMA.
喹硫平已被报道可引起免疫介导的血栓性微血管病(TMA),尽管目前报道的病例较少。一名 71 岁男性,患有常染色体显性多囊肾病,正在维持性透析,因入院第 4 天出现谵妄而住院,接受了 25mg 喹硫平治疗。住院期间无意识恶化、发热、腹泻或血压升高。入院第 35 天出现牙龈出血,第 38 天血小板计数为 0.5×10/μL(第 16 天为 13.2×10/μL)。存在 1%的裂体细胞、LDH 水平升高、无法测量触珠蛋白、直接 Coombs 试验阴性、凝血酶原时间和激活部分凝血活酶时间正常,提示 TMA。我们考虑药物引起的 TMA 排除诊断,因为 ADAMTS13 活性正常、无补体激活证据、无志贺毒素且无胶原病或癌症症状。喹硫平是最可能的致病因素;然而,所有药物(包括肝素)均已停用或更换。由于持续微出血,多次进行血小板输注。仅停用喹硫平后,血小板计数分别于第 45 天和第 72 天顺利恢复至 3.1 和 7.2×10/μL;第 47 天 LDH 和纤维蛋白原水平恢复正常。除喹硫平外,所有药物均在第 47 天后顺序重新开始使用,随后未出现血小板减少症。血小板激活主要由药物依赖性抗体引起,可能是喹硫平引起的 TMA 的病因。由于在药物引起的 TMA 中疗效未经证实,可能不需要进行血浆置换。