TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of common variable immunodeficiency syndrome associated with Takayasu arteritis
AU - Jerschow, Elina
AU - De Vos, Gabriele S.
AU - Hudes, Golda
AU - Rubinstein, Arye
AU - Lipsitz, Evan C.
AU - Rosenstreich, David
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Background: Association of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with Takayasu arteritis has rarely been reported. Objective: To describe a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 53-year-old Hispanic woman with CVID undergoing long-term (3-year) intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment. Methods: The patient's serum immunoglobulin levels and antibody titers to measles, mumps, and rubella were measured. She also underwent angiography of the large vessels. Results: Low to undetectable serum IgA, IgM, and IgG levels and low antibody titers to mumps, measles, and rubella were consistent with the diagnosis of CVID. The angiogram showed narrowing of the proximal left subclavian artery (2-3 mm in diameter). Conclusions: This patient developed Takayasu arteritis while receiving IVIG for CVID. She clinically improved after her IVIG dose was increased. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of Takayasu arteritis associated with CVID.
AB - Background: Association of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with Takayasu arteritis has rarely been reported. Objective: To describe a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 53-year-old Hispanic woman with CVID undergoing long-term (3-year) intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment. Methods: The patient's serum immunoglobulin levels and antibody titers to measles, mumps, and rubella were measured. She also underwent angiography of the large vessels. Results: Low to undetectable serum IgA, IgM, and IgG levels and low antibody titers to mumps, measles, and rubella were consistent with the diagnosis of CVID. The angiogram showed narrowing of the proximal left subclavian artery (2-3 mm in diameter). Conclusions: This patient developed Takayasu arteritis while receiving IVIG for CVID. She clinically improved after her IVIG dose was increased. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case of Takayasu arteritis associated with CVID.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60697-7
DO - 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60697-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 17304891
AN - SCOPUS:33846840910
SN - 1081-1206
VL - 98
SP - 196
EP - 199
JO - Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
JF - Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
IS - 2
ER -