Recovery of Group O Recipient After Transfusion of two Liters of Group a Blood: Report of Case with Autopsy Following Ultimate Death from Carcinoma of Lung and Pyothorax

Abstract

A case is reported in which 2000 ml. of group A blood was transfused into an anesthetized group O patient, who recovered from the hemolytic reaction, but died 53 days later of carcinoma of the lung and pyothorax. This unusual case illustrates that survival after hemolytic reactions may depend not only upon the quantity of blood transfused, but also on such factors as urinary pH, isoagglutinin titer, presence of malignancy and infection and state of anesthesia.-L. E. Young.