| Literature DB >> 24307660 |
Sule Unal1, Erdal Sag, Baris Kuskonmaz, Selman Kesici, Benan Bayrakci, Deniz C Ayvaz, Ilhan Tezcan, Dilek Yalnızoglu, Duygu Uckan.
Abstract
Myasthenia gravis is among the rare complications after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and is usually associated with chronic GVHD. Herein, we report a 2-year and 10 months of age female with Griscelli syndrome, who developed severe myasthenia gravis at post-transplant +22nd month and required respiratory support with mechanical ventilation. She was unresponsive to cyclosporine A, methylprednisolone, intravenous immunoglobulin, and mycophenolate mofetil and the symptoms could only be controlled after plasma exchange and subsequent use of rituximab, in addition to cyclosporine A and mycophenolate mofetil maintenance. She is currently asymptomatic on the 6th month of follow-up.Entities:
Keywords: Griscelli syndrome; bone marrow transplantation; graft-versus-host disease; myasthenia gravis; plasma exchange; rituximab
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24307660 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24799
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer ISSN: 1545-5009 Impact factor: 3.167