Successful haploidentical bone marrow transplantation in Fanconi anemia

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2000 Dec;26(11):1221-3. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702701.

Abstract

A 10-year-old girl with Fanconi anemia and severe aplastic anemia underwent a haploidentical BMT from her mother due to lack of a matched family donor. T cell depletion was done by positive selection of CD34 cells with immunomagnetic beads. Due to graft rejection a second haploidentical BMT from the father was successfully undertaken. No immunosuppression was given after the transplant. Immunological reconstitution took approximately 6 months, with no GVHD or severe infections. Such a transplant, containing a large purified CD34 cell fraction with a minimal number of added T cells, should be considered as the treatment of choice for patients with Fanconi anemia if no HLA matched donor is available.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, CD34 / immunology
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation* / immunology
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation* / methods
  • Child
  • Fanconi Anemia / therapy*
  • Fathers
  • Female
  • HLA Antigens / genetics
  • HLA Antigens / immunology
  • Haplotypes
  • Humans
  • Immunomagnetic Separation
  • Living Donors
  • Lymphocyte Depletion
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, CD34
  • HLA Antigens