Quetiapine Induced Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Child Patient: A Case Report.
10.9758/cpn.2018.16.4.501
- Author:
Asiye ARICI
1
;
Hatice ALTUN
;
Can ACIPAYAM
Author Information
1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. drhaticealtun@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia;
Antipsychotic agents;
Quetiapine fumarate;
Child;
Hematological side effects
- MeSH:
Agranulocytosis;
Anemia;
Anemia, Aplastic;
Anemia, Hemolytic;
Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune*;
Antipsychotic Agents;
Child*;
Eosinophilia;
Erythrocytes;
Humans;
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic;
Quetiapine Fumarate*
- From:Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
2018;16(4):501-504
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a disease characterized with destruction of erythrocytes as a result of antibody produce against patient's own erythrocytes and anemia. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia can be roughly stratified into two groups according to serological features and secondary causes including drugs induced hemolytic anemia. Drugs induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia is very rare in pediatric patients. Even though hematological side effects such as leucopenia, agranulocytosis, eosinophilia, thrombocytopenic purpura and aplastic anemia might occur due to psychotropic drug use; to the best of our knowledge there is no autoimmune hemolytic anemia case due to quetiapine, an atypical antipsychotics, in literature. We hereby describe the first child case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia during quetiapine treatment.We also are pointing out that one should keep in mind serious hematological side effects with atypical antipsychotic drug use with this case report.
