Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Background. Childhood AML patients are at increased risk for early fatal pulmonary complications. Pulmonary leukostasis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) following leukemia cell lysis are the likely etiologies. Observation. Soon after initiation of AML chemotherapy, an 18-month-old...

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Main Authors: Michael Huang, Erin Owen, Scott Myers, Ashok Raj
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/640528
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description Background. Childhood AML patients are at increased risk for early fatal pulmonary complications. Pulmonary leukostasis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) following leukemia cell lysis are the likely etiologies. Observation. Soon after initiation of AML chemotherapy, an 18-month-old female who met SIRS criteria sustained cardiopulmonary failure requiring ECMO support. Upon recovery, the patient went on to complete therapy and remains in remission without permanent neurologic or cardiac sequelae. Conclusion. Cytokine release syndrome from rapid cell lysis was the likely cause as infectious workup failed to reveal a definitive etiology and drug hypersensitivity testing to the chemotherapy agents was negative.
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spelling doaj-art-e3486c43a8794ba999021c86feb814ae2025-02-03T05:44:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Hematology2090-65602090-65792015-01-01201510.1155/2015/640528640528Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic LeukemiaMichael Huang0Erin Owen1Scott Myers2Ashok Raj3Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USADivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USADivision of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USADivision of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USABackground. Childhood AML patients are at increased risk for early fatal pulmonary complications. Pulmonary leukostasis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) following leukemia cell lysis are the likely etiologies. Observation. Soon after initiation of AML chemotherapy, an 18-month-old female who met SIRS criteria sustained cardiopulmonary failure requiring ECMO support. Upon recovery, the patient went on to complete therapy and remains in remission without permanent neurologic or cardiac sequelae. Conclusion. Cytokine release syndrome from rapid cell lysis was the likely cause as infectious workup failed to reveal a definitive etiology and drug hypersensitivity testing to the chemotherapy agents was negative.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/640528
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Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Case Reports in Hematology
title Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
title_full Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
title_fullStr Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
title_short Cardiopulmonary Failure Requiring ECMO Bypass Resulting from Leukemia Cell Lysis in a Patient with Childhood Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
title_sort cardiopulmonary failure requiring ecmo bypass resulting from leukemia cell lysis in a patient with childhood acute myelomonocytic leukemia
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