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Published in final edited form as: Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Oct 4;29(1):45.e1–45.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.09.026

Table 1:

Clinical characteristics and tissue description of children with pulmonary TA-TMA

Pt Age Transplant Characteristics Infections GVHD TA-TMA Features Pulmonary Features Pulm HTN* Tissue diagnosis Tx (Day post HCT treated) Status
1 7 yr 8/8 URD BMT for T-ALL Culture negative sepsis Stage 4, grade 4 lower gut acute GVHD Clinical Dx D+ 197 sC5b9 308 UPC 4.22 mg/dl LDH 1,805 (ULN 237) Other organ involvement: pro-BNP 13,833 pg/mL (nl <1100), haptoglobin undetectable, bloody stools RD, Hypoxia D+ 194, RF D +206 DAH No, 5 ECHOs Pulm HTN protocol Biopsy Day +216
  • interstitial eosinophilic bundles of protein

  • occlusion in the vessels with thrombi

  • endothelium with reactive changes

  • media thickened asymmetrical

  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

Eculizumab (D+200) Sildenafil Alive D+ 1273
2 3 yr Autologous #2 for NB CMV reactivation RSV -- Clinical Dx D+ 24 Recurrence D+ 108 sC5b9 522 ng/dL UPC 4.25 mg/mg LDH 627 U/L (ULN 321) RD, Hypoxia, D +31, RF D +36 Yes, 16 ECHOs, Pulm HTN protocol Biopsy Day +35
  • Interstitial plasmocytic pneumonitis

  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

Eculizumab (D+24) Sildenafil Steroids Dead D +136
3 19 yr 7/8 URD BMT for B-ALL EBV viremia Severe, extensive chronic GVHD Clinical Dx D+ 716 sc5b-9 422 ng/dL UPC 0.7mg/mg RD, hypoxia, D+ 580, RF D+733 No, 5 ECHOs Pulm HTN protocol Biopsy Day 592
  • lymphoplasmocytic infiltrative

  • vessel intimal hyperplasia and endothelialitis

  • Eber positive

Rituximab Eculizumab (D 718) Dead D + 947
4 2 yr 7/8 PBSC for MDS Adenovirus pneumonitis Stage 2, grade 3 lower gut acute GVHD Clinical Dx D + 57 sC5b-9 298 ng/dL UPC 23.3 mg/mg LDH 680 U/L (ULN 321 U/L) Renal failure Refractory HTN RD, Hypoxia D+ 31, RF D+ 57 Yes, 6 ECHOs, Pulm HTN protocol Autopsy (lung only)
  • small arterioles have endothelial cells damage with extravasation of fragmented red blood cells, thickened vascular wall

  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

  • adenovirus positive

**Pleural vessels with TA-TMA
Eculizumab (D+68) Sildenafil Dead D+ 83
5 14 yr 10/10 URD BMT for MDS Candida Pneumonia stage 2, grade 3 lower gut acute GVHD Post Mortem Diagnosis LDH 1233 U/L (ULN 272 U/L) Renal failure RD, Hypoxia, D+16, RF D+ 25 DAH No, 3 ECHOs, Pulm HTN protocol Autopsy
  • capillary microthrombi, arteriole thrombi, expanded, thickened muscle wall

  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

**Kidney demonstrated TA-TMA
Steroids Dead D+ 43
6 19 yr 7/8 URD PBSC for HLH CMV reactivation, Staphylococc us Epidermidis Bacteremia and Klebsiella Pneumoniae UTI Stage 2 lower GI, Stage 1 upper GI, overall grade 3 acute GVHD Clinical Dx D+ 14 sC5b-9 509 ng/dL UPC 2.94 mg/mg LDH 1680 u/L (ULN 246 u/L) Renal failure Refractory HTN RD, hypoxia D+ 113 RF D+ 119 No, 6 ECHOs, Pulm HTN protocol Autopsy:
  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

  • multiple different stages of organizing thrombi identified in veins, arteries, and arterioles; fragmented RBCs in the artery wall

**Kidney and intestines demonstrated TA-TMA
Eculizimab (D+ 15) Dead D+ 134
7 13 yr 10/10 MSD for AML Rhinovirus, culture negative sepsis None Post mortem diagnosis LDH 516 Proteinuria Renal Failure RD, hypoxia D+8 RF D+8 No, 3 ECHOs Pulm HTN protocol Autopsy:
  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

  • -Endothelial proliferation, fibrin accumulation, focal intravascular thrombi, red cell fragmentation, and fibrinoid changes

**Cardiac vessel TA-TMA
None Dead D+13
8 1 yr 7/8 MUD for MDS/SAMD9L Culture negative sepsis None Post mortem diagnosis LDH 345 U/L Proteinuria Renal failure RD D+19 DAH No, 1 ECHO, Pulm HTN protocol Autopsy:
  • hyaline membranes deposit along the walls of the alveol

  • thrombi identified in veins;

  • thickened vascular wall

None Dead D+23
9 18 yr 7/8 MUD for mycosis fungoides CMV viremia with pneumonitis None Post mortem diagnosis LDH 595 U/L Cytopenias, low hapto Renal failure Pericardial effusion D +56 pericardial/pleur al effusions requiring drainage RD D +70 RF D+114 No, 19 ECHOs, Pulm HTN protocol Autopsy (lung only):
  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

  • multiple different stages of thrombi identified in veins, arteries, and arterioles

  • thickened vascular wall

None Dead D + 126
10 5 yr 7/10 haplo related for AML Aspergillus, stenotrophom onas, adenovirus, PJP, pseudomonas Severe chronic lung (BO) and liver Dx D+90 Schistocytes, proteinuria, sC5b-9 448 ng/dL, GI biopsy TMA and GvHD RD and hypoxia D + 101 D+ 480 relapse No. 5 ECHOs, Pulm HTN protocol Autopsy:
  • diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

  • multiple different stages of thrombi identified in veins, arteries, and arterioles

  • Fungi infection and necrosis

Eculizumab (D+ 101) Steroids Dead D+ 541

Transplant associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA), , Pulmonary HTN detected on ECHO,

*

DAH not clinically diagnosed, but noted on tissue,

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not clinically diagnosed, but retrospectively met criteria and autopsy of multiple organs demonstrate TMA. sC5b9 upper limit of normal is 244 ng/dL. Nephrotic range proteinuria is ≥2 mg/mg. Abbreviations: unrelated donor (URD), bone marrow transplant (BMT), peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC), hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), acute b- lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), neuroblastoma (NB), respiratory distress (RD), respiratory failure (RF), diffuse alveolar hemorrahage (DAH), urine protein to creatinine (UPC), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), upper limit of normal (ULN), hypertension (HTN), sc5b-9 upper limit of normal 244 ng/dL.