Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID): A Case Report

Abstract

Common variable immune deficiency disease is the most prevalent acquired immune deficiency in human being after selective immunoglobulin A deficiency. It causes reduction of immunoglobulin levels and specific antibodies production and enhancement of recurrent and chronic infections risk, especially respiratory infections. CVID patients faces increased risk of granulomatous disease, autoimmune and phenomenon and malignancy. The disease involves males and females equally. Some studies showed that early diagnosis of CVID disease and regular treatment of patients with IVIG may have an efficient role in decreasing pneumonia and frequency of hospitalization due to infections and its complications. In this study we report a 16 years old girl with CVID, without clinical history of determined infection with recurrent sinusitis.