Alectinib is a selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor used as standard therapy for ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma. Hemolytic anemia is considered a rare but significant adverse event ...Alectinib is a selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor used as standard therapy for ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma. Hemolytic anemia is considered a rare but significant adverse event of alectinib. Here, we report the case of a 78-year-old female with advanced ALK rearrangement-positive lung adenocarcinoma who developed grade 4 drug-induced hemolytic anemia after receiving alectinib as first-line therapy. We discontinued alectinib treatment and switched to brigatinib. As a result, anemia improved without recurrence of lung adenocarcinoma over one year.展开更多
Background： DIIHA （Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia） is rare, and a specialized laboratory is often required to provide optimal serological tests to confirm diagnosis. There have been few cases reported of etor...Background： DIIHA （Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia） is rare, and a specialized laboratory is often required to provide optimal serological tests to confirm diagnosis. There have been few cases reported of etoricoxib-induced immune hemolytic anemia. Immune complexes formed between some drugs and their respective antibodies attach weakly or strongly in a nonspecific way to RBCs （red blood cells）. The bound immune complex activates complement, which may lead to hemolysis in vivo. Aims： Demonstration of immune complex formation involving etoricoxib in vitro. Methods： A 46-year-old woman developed acute severe anemia one day after a single dose of etoricoxib 90 mgper os with a strong positive DAT （direct anti-globulin test） and a weak positive IAT （indirect anti-globuline test）. For investigation diagnosis, we used the American Association of Blood Banks Technical Manual protocol using patient serum collected in three different moments （at patient admission, one month after and one month after stopping steroids）. Results： The authors found strong positive IAT reactions when the patient serum was tested with the drug. Conclusions： The strong agglutination that occurred in the mixture of the drug and the patient serum indicates a drug/antidrug interaction and may lead to DIIHA. This was the first case reported in Portugal of DIIHA induced by etoricoxib.展开更多
To the Editor:Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia (DIIHA)is a rare but severe condition.Ceftriaxone,a third-generation cephalosporin with a wide antibacterial spectrum and effective antibacterial action,is one of the...To the Editor:Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia (DIIHA)is a rare but severe condition.Ceftriaxone,a third-generation cephalosporin with a wide antibacterial spectrum and effective antibacterial action,is one of the most common drugs causing DIIHA.^[1]Ceftriaxoneinduced immune hemolytic anemia (CIIHA)is a potentially fatal complication.^[2]Most of the patients were children.The reported fatality rate of CIIHA was as high as 40%.展开更多
文摘Alectinib is a selective Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor used as standard therapy for ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma. Hemolytic anemia is considered a rare but significant adverse event of alectinib. Here, we report the case of a 78-year-old female with advanced ALK rearrangement-positive lung adenocarcinoma who developed grade 4 drug-induced hemolytic anemia after receiving alectinib as first-line therapy. We discontinued alectinib treatment and switched to brigatinib. As a result, anemia improved without recurrence of lung adenocarcinoma over one year.
文摘Background： DIIHA （Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia） is rare, and a specialized laboratory is often required to provide optimal serological tests to confirm diagnosis. There have been few cases reported of etoricoxib-induced immune hemolytic anemia. Immune complexes formed between some drugs and their respective antibodies attach weakly or strongly in a nonspecific way to RBCs （red blood cells）. The bound immune complex activates complement, which may lead to hemolysis in vivo. Aims： Demonstration of immune complex formation involving etoricoxib in vitro. Methods： A 46-year-old woman developed acute severe anemia one day after a single dose of etoricoxib 90 mgper os with a strong positive DAT （direct anti-globulin test） and a weak positive IAT （indirect anti-globuline test）. For investigation diagnosis, we used the American Association of Blood Banks Technical Manual protocol using patient serum collected in three different moments （at patient admission, one month after and one month after stopping steroids）. Results： The authors found strong positive IAT reactions when the patient serum was tested with the drug. Conclusions： The strong agglutination that occurred in the mixture of the drug and the patient serum indicates a drug/antidrug interaction and may lead to DIIHA. This was the first case reported in Portugal of DIIHA induced by etoricoxib.
文摘To the Editor:Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia (DIIHA)is a rare but severe condition.Ceftriaxone,a third-generation cephalosporin with a wide antibacterial spectrum and effective antibacterial action,is one of the most common drugs causing DIIHA.^[1]Ceftriaxoneinduced immune hemolytic anemia (CIIHA)is a potentially fatal complication.^[2]Most of the patients were children.The reported fatality rate of CIIHA was as high as 40%.
