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- Title
Diffuse Placoid Choroidopathy in a Patient with Common Variable Immunodeficiency.
- Authors
McCannel, Colin A.; Pulido, Jose S.
- Abstract
Unilateral diffuse placoid choroidopathy can be seen in the setting of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). A 55-year-old woman with a 20-year history of CVID presented with multiple hypopigmented placoid lesions in the right eye. Diffuse lymphadenopathy led to lymph node biopsies (mediastinal and axillary) and angiotensin-converting enzyme and serum calcium level determination, which were all normal. CVID, the most common type of significant hypogammaglobulinemia, may be associated with a placoid choroidopathy. The cause of this CVID choroidopathy is unclear at this time, but may be secondary to lymphoid hyperplasia or granulomatous disease. Copyright © 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
GRANULOMA; CHOROID; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; SARCOIDOSIS; IMMUNODEFICIENCY; OLDER women
- Publication
International Archives of Allergy & Immunology, 2008, Vol 147, Issue 1, p84
- ISSN
1018-2438
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000129715