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Cytapheresis in a Patient with Sezary Syndrome
Author(s) -
Bongiovanni M. B.,
Katz R. S.,
Tomaszewski J. E.,
Ziselman E. M.,
Goldwein M. I.,
Wurzel H. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1981.21381201808.x
Subject(s) - medicine , platelet , surgery
A patient with Sezary syndrome underwent cytapheresis on the IBM 2997 cell separator. Four procedures were performed over a 12‐day period. A total of 8.3 × 10 10 Sezary cells were removed. The patient's skin lesions and lymphadenopathy regressed. Transient thrombocytopenia occurred, requiring platelet transfusion. Although a significant number of platelets were removed by pheresis, this was not sufficient to explain the thrombocytopenia. The patient subsequently died of causes unrelated to the cytapheresis.