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Successful Use of Granulocyte Transfusion Therapy as a Bridge to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in a Child with Aplastic Anemia and Refractory Perirectal Abscess
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  • Mary Dang,
  • Beenish Rubbab,
  • Jeannie Kwon,
  • Daniel Noland,
  • Paul K. Sue,
  • Kathryn Dickerson
Mary Dang
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Corresponding Author:mary.dang@utsouthwestern.edu

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Beenish Rubbab
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Jeannie Kwon
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Daniel Noland
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Paul K. Sue
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Kathryn Dickerson
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Abstract

This brief report describes the use of adjuvant granulocyte transfusion therapy to successfully treat antibiotic refractory proctitis with perirectal abscess in a child with very severe aplastic anemia (vsAA). She was not expected to have imminent neutrophil recovery, which by current practice guidelines is a prerequisite for the consideration of granulocyte transfusion; however, the risk of bowel perforation potentially hastened by conditioning and/or engraftment precluded curative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, presenting a significant treatment conundrum. This case highlights an expanded clinical indication for granulocyte therapy in a uniquely vulnerable patient population.