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Pancreas allograft thrombosis following intravenous immunoglobulin administration to treat parvovirus B19 infection
Author(s) -
Muthusamy A.S.R.,
Vaidya A.C.,
Sinha S.,
Atabani S.F.,
Haque T.,
Jones G.,
Cunningham J.,
Friend P.J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00419.x
Subject(s) - medicine , parvovirus , antibody , thrombosis , intravenous immunoglobulins , pancreas , administration (probate law) , immunization , immunology , virus , political science , law
Pancreas graft thrombosis is one of the commonest non‐immunological causes for early graft loss after transplantation. This case report describes a patient who developed graft thrombosis after intravenous immunoglobulin administration to treat acute parvovirus B19 infection. The potential role of hypercoagulability in graft thrombosis and the implications for immunoglobulin therapy in transplant patients with hypercoagulable states is discussed.