Anti–c‐Mpl (thrombopoietin receptor) autoantibody–induced amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia in a patient with systemic sclerosis

Wiley - Tập 48 Số 6 - Trang 1647-1651 - 2003
Yasuhiro Katsumata1, Takahiro Suzuki, Masataka Kuwana, Yutaka Hattori, Satoshi Akizuki, Hitoshi Sugiura, Yasuo Matsuoka
1Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

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AbstractAmegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (AMT) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been described in several case reports, but the underlying mechanisms have not been identified. Here we describe a rare case of SSc accompanied by thrombocytopenia and megakaryocytic hypoplasia, in which autoantibody against thrombopoietin receptor (c‐Mpl) was detected. A 61‐year‐old woman with limited SSc was admitted to our hospital because of severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count 0.2 × 104/mm3) with gingival bleeding. Her bone marrow was hypocellular with absent megakaryocytes, consistent with AMT. Treatment with corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin infusions resulted in an increased platelet count, and she sustained a remission over a 1‐year period, with a platelet count averaging 10.0 × 104/mm3. Her serum was strongly positive for anti–c‐Mpl antibody, and IgG fraction purified from her serum inhibited thrombopoietin‐dependent cell proliferation in vitro. Our case report suggests that AMT in patients with SSc could be mediated by the anti–c‐Mpl antibody, which functionally blocks an interaction between thrombopoietin and c‐Mpl.

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Wiley

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