Eculizumab for Severe Thrombotic Microangiopathy Secondary to Surgical Invasive Stress and Bleeding

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is an extremely rare condition caused by an excessive activation of the complement pathway based on genetic or acquired dysfunctions in complement regulation, leading to thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). A complement-amplifying condition (CAC) can trigger aHUS occurrence along with complement abnormality. We herein report a case of severe TMA after laparoscopic myomectomy in a healthy woman. This case was eventually diagnosed as complement-mediated TMA secondary to surgical invasive stress as a CAC, with no definitive diagnosis of aHUS despite a genetic test. The patient fully recovered after several eculizumab administrations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 59(2020), 1 vom: 01., Seite 93-99

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fujita, Yoko [VerfasserIn]
Terashita, Maho [VerfasserIn]
Yazawa, Masahiko [VerfasserIn]
Yamasaki, Yukitaka [VerfasserIn]
Imamura, Tomonori [VerfasserIn]
Kibayashi, Junichiro [VerfasserIn]
Sawai, Toshihiro [VerfasserIn]
Hidaka, Yoshihiko [VerfasserIn]
Ohtani, Katsuki [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Norimitsu [VerfasserIn]
Shibagaki, Yugo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

A3ULP0F556
AHUS
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
Case Reports
Complement Inactivating Agents
Complement amplifying condition
Eculizumab
Journal Article
TMA
Thrombotic microangiopathy

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.03.2020

Date Revised 23.03.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2169/internalmedicine.3315-19

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305024590