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Response from Dr. Krishnaswamy:
The patient presented raises some concerns. I do believe that a more comprehensive work up is important. This might include:
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Functional antibody responses
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CMV/EBV/Mycoplasma titers
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Reticulocyte count
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Complement levels: CH50
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T cell numbers and function
I would get a hematologist to also see this patient
Differential suggested below:
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3 year old female child with selective IgM deficiency per labs
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Ethnicity is unknown
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Hepatosplenomegaly- if confirmed on abdominal ultrasound (unable to understand how this was read as "normal"), thrombocytopenia and anemia would be unusual with sIgM deficiency
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Low IgM, elevated IgA and normal IgG
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Coombs negative anemia
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Anemia/thrombocytopenia may be related to hypersplenism versus autoimmunity
D/D:
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Selective IgM deficiency associated with infectious, neoplastic or autoimmune complications Versus
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CVID (Childhood-onset)
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (need mean platelet volume; history of eczema?)
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ALPS (Fas-FasL mutation/CASPase 8/10)-double negative cells are often present as biomarker
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Hematophagocytosis syndromes if associated with fever- either primary or secondary: Hypertriglyceridemia nd hyperferritinemia as well as elevated IL-2R as biomarkers
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Versus metabolic or inflammatory/infectious diseases of the liver/spleen Such as EBV, CMV, malaria, Mycoplasma, hepatitis C, storage diseases etc.
Guha Krishnaswamy