Open AccessIntestinal obstruction secondary to Crohn-like disease in common variable immunodeficiency
Author(s) -
Clara Fernández Fernández,
Alejandro Manrique Municio,
Alberto Alejandro Marcacuzco Quinto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7440/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , common variable immunodeficiency , crohn's disease , disease , immunodeficiency , gastroenterology , immunology , immune system , antibody
A 32-year-old male patient with common variable immunodeficiency (CVI), under treatment with human immunoglobulin G, experienced recurrent episodes of intestinal pseudo-obstruction that were medically treated. Imaging tests showed a non-obstructive ileal stenosis and biopsies performed during ileocolonoscopy revealed nod-ular lymphoid hyperplasia.