The hyperimmunoglobulinaemia E and recurrent infections syndrome in an adult.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 27 year old white woman with a history of chronic eczema and episodes of serious infection of the chest, skin, and bone presented with acute respiratory failure. She was found to have a spontaneous right pneumothorax and a pneumatocele in the left upper lobe. Despite a left upper lobectomy she was left with chronic respiratory failure, bullous lung disease, and bilateral bronchiectasis. The hyperimmunoglobulinaemia E and recurrent infections syndrome was diagnosed only in adult life.
Medical subject headings
- Bacterial Infections
- Hypergammaglobulinemia
- Immunoglobulin E
- Job Syndrome