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Presentation of Case

A 58-year-old man with common variable immunodeficiency, recurrent sinusitis, splenomegaly, and mild thrombocytopenia was admitted to the hospital because of severe anemia and jaundice.

He had a 10-year history of recurrent sinusitis, which responded to treatment with various antibiotics. Laboratory studies eight years before admission had led to a diagnosis of common variable immunodeficiency (Table 1). The patient received immune globulin intravenously and was given frequent courses of antibiotics to suppress bouts of acute sinusitis.

View this table: [in this window] [in a new window]   Table 1. Laboratory Findings before Admission.

 
Thirty-eight months before admission radiographs of the abdomen revealed splenomegaly. During the next three years the platelet count gradually . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

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