Asymptomatic choroidal granulomas in common variable immunodeficiency.
Common variable immunodeficiency disease represents the most common cause of significant antibody deficiency in adults. It is a heterogeneous group of disorders that can be sporadic or familial with various modes of inheritance with defects in B-cell function, regulatory T-cells and macrophage function all being reported. Herein a case of asymptomatic bilateral choroidal granulomatous disease in a 27-year-old man with common variable immunodeficiency disease is described.
Kashani
Shaharm
S
Gazzard
Gus
G
Jolles
Stephen
S
Larkin
Genevieve
G
D000328:Adult; D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D017074:Common Variable Immunodeficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone