Brain Abscess and Keratoacanthoma Suggestive of Hyper IgE Syndrome

Hyper immunoglobulin-E (IgE) syndrome is an autosomal immune deficiency disease. It is characterized by an increase in IgE and eosinophil count with both T-cell and B-cell malfunction. Here, we report an 8-year-old boy whose disease started with an unusual skin manifestation. When 6 months old he de...

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Main Authors: Soheyla Alyasin, Reza Amin, Alireza Teymoori, Hamidreza Houshmand, Gholamreza Houshmand, Mohammad Bahadoram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/341898