A Case of Agammaglobulinemia Detected by ABO Discrepancy in a 13-year-old Girl.
- Author:
Tae Sung PARK
1
;
Seung Hwan OH
;
Jae Cheol CHOI
;
Hyung Hoi KIM
;
Jae Hong PARK
;
Eun Yup LEE
;
Han Chul SON
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. hhkim@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Agammaglobulinemia;
ABO discrepancy;
Group B without anti-A;
Female
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Agammaglobulinemia*;
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching;
Busan;
Electrophoresis;
Female*;
Follow-Up Studies;
gamma-Globulins;
Humans;
Immunoelectrophoresis;
Joints;
Lymphocytes;
Parents
- From:The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2002;22(5):364-366
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of agammaglobulinemia detected by ABO discrepancy in a 13-year-old girl. At first, she visited Pusan National University Hospital complaining of joint swelling and pain. For trans-fusion, the ABO blood grouping was done. The cell typing was B, but anti-A was not found in the serum with repeated testing. Then, serum protein electrophoresis, immunoelectrophoresis and immunoglob-ulin quantitation showed a markedly decreased level in gamma-globulin. B lymphocyte was less than 1% of peripheral lymphocytes. There were no remarkable abnormal findings in the clinical and laboratory results of her parents. The patient represented an apparent agammaglobulinemia without clinically significant infection for three months. Further follow-up is needed to evaluate the patient.
