Lymphoma as presentation of common variable immunodeficiency.

Refractory Celiac Disease

Refractory celiac disease (RCD) is when malabsorption symptoms and villous atrophy persist despite strict adherence to a gluten free diet (GFD) for more than 12 months and other causes of villous atrophy have been ruled out.  RCD is considered a rare disease and almost exclusively occurs in adults. Persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss are the most common symptoms in RCD. Also, anemi...

Follicular bronchiolitis associated with common variable immunodeficiency.

Common variable immunodeficiency is one of the most frequent immunity alterations. The most common clinical presentation occurs with recurrent respiratory infections, from pneumonia to otitis, and may be associated with other diseases such as bronchiectasis or interstitial lung diseases. We report the case of a 28-year-old patient with frequent respiratory infections and nodular pulmonary infil...

Paraneoplastic pemphigus occuring after radiotherapy for relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency.

Paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) is a rare multisystem, autoimmune disease with prominent mucocutaneous manifestations, occurring most commonly in association with haematological malignancies. It is characterised by the presence of circulating autoantibodies against epithelial adhesion proteins. We report a 46-year-old woman with common variable immunodeficiency who developed paraneoplastic pemph...

A 20-YEAR SURVEY OF INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN 64 PATIENTS WITH COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY

Common variable immunodeficiency (CV ID) is a heterogeneous primary immunodeficiency disorder, characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and increased susceptibility to recurrent bacterial infections. To determine the spectrum of infectious complications in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CV ID), we reviewed the hospital records of 64 CVID patients, who were diagnosed in Child...

Co-existence of Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

Primary Hepatic Burkitt’s Lymphoma in a Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

  Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of liver is a very rare malignancy. Here we report a case of primary hepatic Burkitt’s lymphoma in a 34-year old man who was known case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and presented with weight loss, abdominal pain, and fever. Positive laboratory findings were mild anemia and elevated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and alkaline phosphatase (AL...