[CIS PIDD] [cis-pidd] HLH in a transplanted boy with Wiskott-Aldrich

[Markus Seidel]

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Von: Anders Fasth [mailto:anders.fasth at gu.se] 
Gesendet: Montag, 05. Mai 2014 20:56
An: CIS-PIDD
Betreff: [cis-pidd] HLH in a transplanted boy with Wiskott-Aldrich

 

Dear All,

I have a boy, 5 years old boy with WAS with complications that I need your
advice on. He was transplanted about a year ago with double sibling cord
blood (Twin boy and twin sister, product of PGD-HLA). Uneventful post-HSCT
course for the first 4-5 months. 100% donor (60% sister, 40 % brother -
seems to be stable up until today) He then started with  an extremely
pruritic rash  that developed into a intractable disorder. Nothing could
help his pruritus - neither steroids nor calcineurins. PAD gave no clue.
Eczema? Not GvHD.  Around Christmas fever and full signs of HLH with among
others ferritin >100 000. Treated  according to HLH -04 with dexacorticoids,
etophosphamide, steroids, etc with a prompt improvement of the skin disease
but a very slow response of his HLH.  Fast decline of ferritin to around 10
000, but today still ferritin around 2000.

 

Steroids are tapered down and should be totally out this Wednesday, (He is
severely osteopenic) Sandimmune had to be tapered too owing to increasing
creatinine and plasma levels are far below therapeutic range .

 

The problem: The skin rash is back and so is the pruritus since a couple of
weeks. The pruritus is pure torture.  Nothing helps. He cannot sleep. He
just seats and itches. Foot soles and the skin between the buttocks are most
itching. But his erythema is all over the body.  The transplanters (and PAD)
says this is not GvH. Dermatologist say may be eczema.

My question have you seen such a complication and do you think it could be a
sign of HLH?

And the parents beg for re-transplantation using one of the HLA-identical
twins. I am skeptical as there is no biochemical och hematological signs of
recurrence of his HLH (ferritin 1200 and triglycerides normal for example) .
But on the other hand, he has very poor quality of life right now. 

 

I am grateful for any ideas

 

Anders


Anders Fasth, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatric Immunology, 
Dept of Pediatrics, University of Gothenburg
Address: The Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital,
SE-416 85 Göteborg, Sweden
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