title: Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia.
abstract: We report a 42 year old male who was an interesting case of "idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia"(ICL) in a non-HIV adult with-extra pulmonary tuberculosis along with the diffuse splenic calcification and whose symptoms improved with Antitubercular treatment. He was found to have low CD4 counts on two occasions.
authors.affiliation: Post graduate.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ramalingam
authors.affiliation: Post graduate.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gayathri
authors.affiliation: Post graduate.
authors.forename: Rpsp
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santhakumar
authors.affiliation: Post graduate.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Manjunath
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karuppuswamy
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vetriveeran
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selvamani
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vishnuram
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018344:T-Lymphocytopenia, Idiopathic CD4-Positive / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*