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[Common variable immunodeficiency and sarcoidosis]
A Ortiz Arduán1, F J Sanz del Forcallo, J Carreira Delgado
1Departamento de Inmunología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid.
Revista Clinica Espanola
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
Variable Common Immunodeficiency (VCI) can course with non necrotizing epithelioid granulomatosis of sarcoid type. Although this entity is frequently referred, it is rare and its significance is not clear. The immunological study and response to treatment with corticoids and i.v. immunoglobulins of a patient is who suffered VIC with sarcoid granulomas on lymph node, liver and skin biopsies is here presented. The association between VCI and granulomatosis is discussed.