Gammadelta T lymphocytosis associated with granulomatous disease in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency.

Viallard, Jean-François; Bloch-Michel, Coralie; Caubet, Olivier; Parrens, Marie; Texier-Maugein, Jeannette; Neau-Cransac, Martine; Taupin, Jean-Luc; Moreau, Jean-François et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogeneous group of immunodeficiency syndromes that involves defective production of specific antibodies and decreased serum concentrations of > or =1 immunoglobulin isotype. We describe a patient with an atypical case of CVID who had extensive granulomatous lesions that were partially attributable to mycobacterial infection. In the peripheral blood, there was a massive increase in the number of double-negative CD3+ T cells that expressed the gammadelta T cell receptor.

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