Cyclophosphamide-Associated Cardiotoxicity and Severe Cytokine Release Syndrome after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in A Child with Severe Aplastic Anemia: Case Report and Systematic Review - Abstract
Background: The cyclophosphamide (Cy) based conditioning regimen is commonly used in allogeneic HSCT. Acute Cy-induced cardiotoxicity after HSCT
was rare, it may progress to rapidly fatal congestive heart failure. Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) frequently complicates the immediate post-peripheral
blood haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT), a small percentage of patients developed severe (grade 3-4) CRS, which was associated
with a significantly higher transplant-related mortality and frequently required intensive care unit treatment.
Case presentation: We report a young child of severe aplastic anemia who received allogeneic HSCT. At days +3 after HSCT or 120 hours after the last
dose of Cy, she experienced both post-transplant grade 4 CRS and Cy-associated fatal cardiotoxicity. She was admitted to the hematology intensive care unit
(HCU) and treated with glucocorticoids and tocilizumab, but remained severe syndrome including fever, shock, multiple organ damage and insufficient tissue
perfusion. She subsequently underwent continuous veno-venous hemofiltration combined with cytokine adsorption at day 3 of HCU, and her condition gradually
improved.
Conclusion: Overall, this case highlights the critical importance of maintaining a high attention and careful evaluation of severe complications immediate
post-HSCT, and timely intervention can potentially offer the survival opportunity