Congenital immunodeficiency syndromes

Cogenital abnormalities of innate or acquired immunity, although not common, produce multiple problems for which the surgeon may be consulted. Even if the diagnosis has not been previously made, patients with abnormal situs, congenital heart disease, failure to heal surgical wounds, pneumatoceles, lymphoproliferative disorders, recurrent severe infections, or autoimmune destruction of formed elements of the blood may have one of the disorders discussed above.