Abstract
Allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs) are a common adverse reaction to transfusion therapy and can be potentially fatal. Washing blood products is the most effective strategy for preventing ATRs; however, washed products, especially platelets, are not available at many blood centers. A 29-year-old female patient with an advanced myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm, unclassifiable, developed severe ATRs after four platelet transfusions in a week. She showed no response to premedication with histamines and steroids and still had severe ATRs with the next three platelet transfusions. A laboratory workup revealed that her IgA level was slightly decreased, while her haptoglobin level was normal. Anti-IgA testing was not available. The patient decided to undergo allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation. As the onset of symptoms ATR, which were similar to Type 1 hypersensitivity reactions mediated by IgE antibodies, occurred immediately after transfusion and omalizumab is a humanized monoclonal anti-IgE, we elected to offer off-label use of omalizumab before administering the conditioning regimen. Omalizumab was injected subcutaneously at a dose of 150 mg. Surprisingly, transfusion reactions fully resolved ...Continue Reading
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