A CASE REPORT OF BRONCHIECTASISON PRIMARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY TYPE ATAXIATELANGIECTASIA
- Department of Respiratory Diseases.Research and Medical Sciences Laboratory.Faculty of Medecine and Pharmacy of Oujda, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Mohammed First University.Oujda, MOR.
- Pulmonology Department, Mohammed VI University Hosppital Oujda, MOR.
Abstract
Bronchiectasisisdefined as a permanent and irreversibleincrease in bronchial caliber, affecting at least two lobes of the lung. It is a frequentpathology in developing countries, but remainsunderestimated.There are manyetiologies, includingprimary immune deficiency, whichisconsidered the second mostcommon cause of bronchiectasis in childrenaftercysticfibrosis. We report the case of a 21-year-old patient admitted for the management of an infectious exacerbation of diffuse bronchiectasissecondary to a primary immune deficiency of the ataxia-telangiectasia type. Wewill cite somestudies in the literaturewith a discussion on the main mechanism of bronchiectasisassociatedwithataxia-telangiectasia and itsprevalencecompared to otheretiologies.
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Kebbara Salaheddine, Lakhal Mohammed, Jaouani Jihane, Rhazari Meriem, Thouil Afaf and Kouismi Hatim (2024); A CASE REPORT OF BRONCHIECTASISON PRIMARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCY TYPE ATAXIATELANGIECTASIA, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 12 (07), 504-507, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/19081
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