A Case of Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction Due to Anti-Jka Antibody.
- Author:
Jeong Nyeo LEE
1
;
Myeong You KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction;
Anti-Jka antibody
- MeSH:
Aged;
Anemia;
Blood Group Incompatibility*;
Coombs Test;
Female;
Humans;
Hyperbilirubinemia;
Phenotype;
Thyroidectomy
- From:Korean Journal of Blood Transfusion
1999;10(2):233-237
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction due to anti-Jka antibody. The patient was a 68-year-old women who was admitted for general weakness after subtotal thyroidectomy. She received two units of packed red cells because of anemia. On the fifteenth post-transfusion day, she developed a marked fall in hemoglobin and mild hyperbilirubinemia. Direct antiglobulin test was positive. Anti-Jka antibody was identified in her serum, and her phenotype of Kidd blood group was Jk(a-b+). Therefore the anti-Jka antibody was thought to be the possible offending antibody in this delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction.
