Background: A 26-year-old female with myasthenic crisis developed transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) after she was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.
Methods: Case report.
Results: Respiratory status markedly worsened with each intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) administration and progressing from a need to use bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) to intubation. Pulmonary function tests improved during this episode.
Conclusions: IVIG may cause TRALI and due to subtle clinical findings can be mistaken for neuromuscular respiratory failure.
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