Severe Combined Immunodeficiency SCID

  • Facts:
    Autosomal recessive or X linked
    Many cases due to adenosine deaminase deficiency
    Life threatening
  • History / PE:
    Cutaneous anergy
    Severe infections within first few months of life
  • Diagnosis:
    Absent/dysplastic thymus and lymph nodes
    Lymphopenia



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July 15th 2010