Efficacy of eculizumab in refractory life-threatening warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

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Date publication

décembre 2020

Journal

Clinical case reports

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr DELMER Alain


Tous les auteurs :
Gauchy AC, Hentzien M, Wynckel A, de Marcellus V, Rodier C, Delmer A, Quinquenel A

Résumé

Eculizumab may be considered as an emergency therapeutic option in refractory life-threatening warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia especially if direct antiglobulin test is positive for both IgG and C3d and after failure of all conventional treatments.

Mots clés

chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, eculizumab, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Référence

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec;8(12):2641-2644