Burkitt's lymphoma in a patient with adenosine deaminase deficiency-severe combined immunodeficiency treated with polyethylene glycol-adenosine deaminase.

Husain, Maitham; Grunebaum, Eyal; Naqvi, Ahmed; Atkinson, Adelle; Ngan, Bo-Yee; Aiuti, Alessandro; Roifman, Chaim M · J Pediatr · 2007

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency because of aberrations in adenosine deaminase (ADA) who despite adequate replacement with polyethylene glycol-linked ADA (PEG-ADA) for 13 years developed Burkitt's lymphoma. Although treatment corrected the metabolic abnormalities caused by ADA deficiency, it failed to fully restore cellular immunity.

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