Clinical improvement of a patient with severe Wilson's disease after a single session of therapeutic plasma exchange.
Here, we report a case of a 17-year old female with Wilson's disease presenting with progressive Coombs' negative hemolytic anemia and hepatic cirrhosis who was treated with one session of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) and clinically improved. In clinical situations where multiple sessions of TPE may not be possible, the use of a single session of TPE in conjunction with conventional therapy may be of benefit in preventing further clinical deterioration.
Hursitoglu
Mehmet
M
Internal Medical Department, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. hursitoglum@yahoo.com
Kara
Osman
O
Cikrikcioglu
Mehmet A
MA
Celepkulu
Tahsin
T
Aydin
Sengul
S
Tukek
Tufan
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D010951:Plasma Exchange / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome