title: Immune thrombocytopenia after umbilical cord progenitor cell transplant: response to vincristine.
abstract: An 8-month-old male with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease underwent an unrelated, partially matched (with major mismatch at DR locus), cord blood stem cell transplant. Four months following the transplant, he developed immune thrombocytopenia with hemolytic anemia (Evans syndrome). He received multiple courses of intravenous immunoglobulin, anti-Rh D immunoglobulin, a pulse of high-dose corticosteroids and cyclosporine with some improvement of hemolytic anemia, but no improvement of the thrombocytopenia. Addition of vincristine, resulted in long-term resolution of thrombocytopenia and anemia. No major toxicity was observed during treatment. Vincristine should be considered as a treatment for refractory immune thrombocytopenia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, UCLA Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dovat
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wakim
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Stiehm
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Feig
mesh_terms: D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine