Common variable immunodeficiency complicated with hemolytic uremic syndrome

Ups J Med Sci. 2012 Mar;117(1):67-71. doi: 10.3109/03009734.2011.635815. Epub 2011 Nov 7.

Abstract

Common variable immunodeficiency is a primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by reduced serum immunoglobulins and heterogeneous clinical features. Recurrent pyogenic infections of upper and lower respiratory tracts are the main clinical manifestations of common variable immunodeficiency. Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a multisystemic disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and organ ischemia due to platelet aggregation in the arterial microvasculature. This is one of the rare cases of patients diagnosed with common variable immunodeficiency, which was complicated by hemolytic uremic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency / complications*
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male