Caseating Cutaneous Granulomas in a Child with Common Variable Immunodeficiency

Abstract: Cutaneous, noninfectious, granulomatous lesions have been reported occasionally In different types of Immunodeficiencies, Including common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). We present a child with CVID and cutaneous granulomas with a strikingly prominent caseating necrosis. We think that such granulomatous lesions constitute a distinctive manifestation of Immunodeficiency, and may reflect an altered immune response. Corticosteroids have been of benefit to our patient, as well as in similar cases.

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