title: Life-threatening capillary leak syndrome after G-CSF mobilization and collection of peripheral blood progenitor cells for allogeneic transplantation.
abstract: We report a case of capillary leak syndrome in a 37-year-old female PBPC donor who received G-CSF 900 microg/day for 4 days and underwent leukapheresis. This lady had remained well and stable despite marked leukocytosis during G-CSF treatment, but developed hypotension during leukapheresis, quickly followed by hypoxemia, ascites, pericardial and pleural effusion, shock, edema, neurologic changes and hepatocellular injury. Upon G-CSF withdrawal, dopamine and crystalloid infusion, methylprednisolone treatment and suspension of apheresis, the clinical situation fully reversed. We hypothesize that leukapheresis, in the presence of marked leukocytosis and high doses of G-CSF, may have triggered neutrophil activation and the release of inflammatory mediators, resulting in tissue damage and systemic manifestations of increased capillary permeability.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Transplante de Medula Ossea, CEMO, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, INCA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldberg Tabak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D019559:Capillary Leak Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity; D019650:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007937:Leukapheresis; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor