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==General==
==General==
Features:<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref>
*Recurrent sinus and pulmonary infections.
*Recurrent sinus and pulmonary infections.
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]-like disease.
**Pneumonia seen in ~1/3 of ~2200 patients.<ref name=pmid24582312>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gathmann | first1 = B. | last2 = Mahlaoui | first2 = N. | last3 = Gérard | first3 = L. | last4 = Oksenhendler | first4 = E. | last5 = Warnatz | first5 = K. | last6 = Schulze | first6 = I. | last7 = Kindle | first7 = G. | last8 = Kuijpers | first8 = TW. | last9 = van Beem | first9 = RT. | title = Clinical picture and treatment of 2212 patients with common variable immunodeficiency. | journal = J Allergy Clin Immunol | volume = 134 | issue = 1 | pages = 116-26 | month = Jul | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.12.1077 | PMID = 24582312 }}</ref>
*[[Splenomegaly]] seen in ~25% of ~2200 patients.<ref name=pmid24582312/>
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease]]-like disease.<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref>
*Often diagnosed in adulthood ~ mean age 43+/-14 years.<ref name=pmid26992251/>
 
 
Labs in a series of 8 patients:<ref name=pmid26992251>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dong | first1 = J. | last2 = Liang | first2 = H. | last3 = Wen | first3 = D. | last4 = Wang | first4 = J. | title = Adult Common Variable Immunodeficiency. | journal = Am J Med Sci | volume = 351 | issue = 3 | pages = 239-43 | month = Mar | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1016/j.amjms.2015.12.010 | PMID = 26992251 }}</ref>
*IgG 2.5 +/-0.6 g/L.
*IgA 0.23 +/-0.1 g/L.
*IgM 0.17 +/-0.1 g/L.
 
==Gross==
Duodenum:
*Nodular mucosa - due to lymphoid hyperplasia.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features - general:
*Plasma cells absent.<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Plasma cells]] absent (or reduced) - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid20629103>{{cite journal |author=Agarwal S, Smereka P, Harpaz N, Cunningham-Rundles C, Mayer L |title=Characterization of immunologic defects in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) with intestinal disease |journal=Inflamm Bowel Dis |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20629103 |doi=10.1002/ibd.21376 |url=}}</ref>
*+/-Lymphoid aggregates.
*+/-Granulomatous disease ~8-22%.<ref name=pmid19716342>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ardeniz | first1 = O. | last2 = Cunningham-Rundles | first2 = C. | title = Granulomatous disease in common variable immunodeficiency. | journal = Clin Immunol | volume = 133 | issue = 2 | pages = 198-207 | month = Nov | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1016/j.clim.2009.05.001 | PMID = 19716342 }}</ref>
 
DDx:
*[[Inflammatory bowel disease]].
*[[Celiac disease]].
*[[Graft versus host disease]].
 
Features by site in the GI tract:<ref name=pmid18043034>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Daniels | first1 = JA. | last2 = Lederman | first2 = HM. | last3 = Maitra | first3 = A. | last4 = Montgomery | first4 = EA. | title = Gastrointestinal tract pathology in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID): a clinicopathologic study and review. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 12 | pages = 1800-12 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180cab60c | PMID = 18043034 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Site
!Features
|-
| Esophagus
| intraepithelial PMNs & candida +/-abundant intraepithelial lymphocytes
|-
| Stomach
| lack of [[plasma cell]]s (~2/3 of individuals), lymphoid aggregates (common), +/-[[lymphocytic gastritis]], +/-intraepithelial neutrophils, +/-infections ([[CMV]], [[H. pylori]], [[cryptosporidium]])
|-
| Small bowel
| villous blunting (>80% of individuals), decreased plasma cells (~2/3 of individuals), lymphoid aggregates (~1/2 of individuals), +/-neutrophils + infections (CMV, cryptosporidium)
|-
| Large bowel
| decreased plasma cells, lymphoid aggregates, +/-apparent apoptosis
|}


Notes:
==See also==
*This is a favourite topic of R. Riddell.
*[[Plasma cell]].
*[[Sarcoidosis]].
*[[Autoimmune enteropathy]].


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Haematopathology]]
[[Category:Haematopathology]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
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