Renal and neurological response with eculizumab in a patient with transplant associated thrombotic microangiopathy after allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation

Case Rep Hematol. 2015:2015:425410. doi: 10.1155/2015/425410. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

Abstract

Transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) is a challenge after allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation, considering the diagnostic uncertainties and lack of established treatment. We report a 43-year-old male patient who was diagnosed as TA-TMA after allogeneic progenitor cell transplantation for a progressive ALK negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma and responded to eculizumab with dramatically improving neurological status and renal function. Rapid neurological and renal recovery achieved after eculizumab could support a possible relationship between complement activation and TA-TMA. Eculizumab should be a reasonable treatment approach in patients with TA-TMA after allogeneic hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation.