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Buso H, Discardi C, Bez P, Muscianisi F, Ceccato J, Milito C, Firinu D, Landini N, Jones MG, Felice C, Rattazzi M, Scarpa R, Cinetto F. Sarcoidosis versus Granulomatous and Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency: A Comparative Review. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1503. [PMID: 39062076 PMCID: PMC11275071 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12071503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 06/24/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Sarcoidosis and Granulomatous and Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Diseases (GLILD) are two rare entities primarily characterised by the development of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in the context of systemic immune dysregulation. These two conditions partially share the immunological background and pathologic findings, with granuloma as the main common feature. In this narrative review, we performed a careful comparison between sarcoidosis and GLILD, with an overview of their main similarities and differences, starting from a clinical perspective and ending with a deeper look at the immunopathogenesis and possible target therapies. Sarcoidosis occurs in immunocompetent individuals, whereas GLILD occurs in patients affected by common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). Moreover, peculiar extrapulmonary manifestations and radiological and histological features may help distinguish the two diseases. Despite that, common pathogenetic pathways have been suggested and both these disorders can cause progressive impairment of lung function and variable systemic granulomatous and non-granulomatous complications, leading to significant morbidity, reduced quality of life, and survival. Due to the rarity of these conditions and the extreme clinical variability, there are still many open questions concerning their pathogenesis, natural history, and optimal management. However, if studied in parallel, these two entities might benefit from each other, leading to a better understanding of their pathogenesis and to more tailored treatment approaches.
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- Helena Buso
- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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- Haematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy
- Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 YD, UK;
- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
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- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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- Rare Diseases Referral Center, Internal Medicine 1, Department of Medicine (DIMED), AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, University of Padova, 35124 Padova, Italy (C.F.); (M.R.); (R.S.); (F.C.)
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Grenier PA, Brun AL, Longchampt E, Lipski M, Mellot F, Catherinot E. Primary immunodeficiency diseases of adults: a review of pulmonary complication imaging findings. Eur Radiol 2024; 34:4142-4154. [PMID: 37935849 PMCID: PMC11166740 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-10334-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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Our objective in this review is to familiarize radiologists with the spectrum of initial and progressive CT manifestations of pulmonary complications observed in adult patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases, including primary antibody deficiency (PAD), hyper-IgE syndrome (HIES), and chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). In patients with PAD, recurrent pulmonary infections may lead to airway remodeling with bronchial wall-thickening, bronchiectasis, mucus-plugging, mosaic perfusion, and expiratory air-trapping. Interstitial lung disease associates pulmonary lymphoid hyperplasia, granulomatous inflammation, and organizing pneumonia and is called granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD). The CT features of GLILD are solid and semi-solid pulmonary nodules and areas of air space consolidation, reticular opacities, and lymphadenopathy. These features may overlap those of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, justifying biopsies. In patients with HIES, particularly the autosomal dominant type (Job syndrome), recurrent pyogenic infections lead to permanent lung damage. Secondary infections with aspergillus species develop in pre-existing pneumatocele and bronchiectasis areas, leading to chronic airway infection. The complete spectrum of CT pulmonary aspergillosis may be seen including aspergillomas, chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)-like pattern, mixed pattern, and invasive. Patients with CGD present with recurrent bacterial and fungal infections leading to parenchymal scarring, traction bronchiectasis, cicatricial emphysema, airway remodeling, and mosaicism. Invasive aspergillosis, the major cause of mortality, manifests as single or multiple nodules, areas of airspace consolidation that may be complicated by abscess, empyema, or contiguous extension to the pleura or chest wall. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT: Awareness of the imaging findings spectrum of pulmonary complications that can occur in adult patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases is important to minimize diagnostic delay and improve patient outcomes. KEY POINTS: • Unexplained bronchiectasis, associated or not with CT findings of obliterative bronchiolitis, should evoke a potential diagnosis of primary autoantibody deficiency. • The CT evidence of various patterns of aspergillosis developed in severe bronchiectasis or pneumatocele in a young adult characterizes the pulmonary complications of hyper-IgE syndrome. • In patients with chronic granulomatous disease, invasive aspergillosis is relatively frequent, often asymptomatic, and sometimes mimicking or associated with non-infectious inflammatory pulmonary lesions.
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- Philippe A Grenier
- Department of Clinical Research and Innovation, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France.
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- Department of Pneumology, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
- CEDITH (Centre de Référence Des Déficits Immunitaires Héréditaires), Hôpital Foch Affiliated to Versailles-Saint Quentin University, 40 Rue Worth, 92150, Suresnes, France
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Salvator H, Mahlaoui N, Suarez F, Marcais A, Longchampt E, Tcherakian C, Givel C, Chabrol A, Caradec E, Lortholary O, Lanternier F, Goyard C, Couderc LJ, Catherinot E. [Pulmonary complications of Chronic Granulomatous Disease]. Rev Mal Respir 2024; 41:156-170. [PMID: 38272769 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2024.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Chronic Granulomatosis Disease (CGD) is an inherited immune deficiency due to a mutation in the genes coding for the subunits of the NADPH oxidase enzyme that affects the oxidative capacity of phagocytic cells. It is characterized by increased susceptibility to bacterial and fungal infections, particularly Aspergillus, as well as complications associated with hyperinflammation and granulomatous tissue infiltration. There exist two types of frequently encountered pulmonary manifestations: (1) due to their being initially pauci-symptomatic, possibly life-threatening infectious complications are often discovered at a late stage. Though their incidence has decreased through systematic anti-bacterial and anti-fungal prophylaxis, they remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality; (2) inflammatory complications consist in persistent granulomatous mass or interstitial pneumoniae, eventually requiring immunosuppressive treatment. Pulmonary complications recurring since infancy generate parenchymal and bronchial sequelae that impact functional prognosis. Hematopoietic stem cell allograft is a curative treatment; it is arguably life-sustaining and may limit the morbidity of the disease. As a result of improved pediatric management, life expectancy has increased dramatically. That said, new challenges have appeared with regard to adults: difficulties of compliance, increased inflammatory manifestations, acquired resistance to anti-infectious therapies. These different developments underscore the importance of the transition period and the need for multidisciplinary management.
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- H Salvator
- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France; UMR0892 VIM-Suresnes Inrae, université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France; Faculté de Sciences de la Vie Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint Quentin, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France.
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- Centre de référence déficits immunitaires héréditaires (CEREDIH), hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, institut Imagine, université Paris Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Service d'hématologie-immunologie et rhumatologie pédiatrique, hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Centre de référence déficits immunitaires héréditaires (CEREDIH), hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, institut Imagine, université Paris Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Service d'hématologie adultes, hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, université Paris Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service d'hématologie adultes, hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, université Paris Cité, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service d'anatomopathologie, hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France
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- Service de maladies infectieuses, hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Centre national de référence des mycoses invasives et antifongiques, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, unite mixté de recherche (UMR) 2000, Institut Pasteur, université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service de maladies infectieuses, hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Centre national de référence des mycoses invasives et antifongiques, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, unite mixté de recherche (UMR) 2000, Institut Pasteur, université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France; UMR0892 VIM-Suresnes Inrae, université Paris-Saclay, Suresnes, France
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- Service de pneumologie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France
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Lokesh, Jana M, Naranje P, Bhalla AS, Kabra SK, Hadda V, Gupta AK. MDCT and MRI in Bronchiectasis in Older Children and Young Adults - A Non-Inferiority Trial. Indian J Pediatr 2023:10.1007/s12098-023-04921-1. [PMID: 38051445 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-023-04921-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To compare and evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with computed tomography (CT) in bronchiectasis; to compare MRI and CT scores with pulmonary function tests (PFT) and to evaluate the role of Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in bronchiectasis. METHODS In this prospective study, 25 patients between 7-21 y of age with a clinical/radiological diagnosis of bronchiectasis underwent MDCT and MRI chest. MRI and CT scoring was performed using modified Bhalla-Helbich's score by two independent radiologists for all parameters. A final consensus score was recorded. The overall image quality of different MRI sequences to identify pathologies was also assessed. Appropriate statistical tests were used for inter-observer agreements, and correlation amongst CT and MRI; as well as CT, MRI and PFT. RESULTS Strong agreement (ICC 0.80-0.95) between CT and MRI was seen for extent and severity of bronchiectasis, number of bullae, sacculation/abscess, emphysema, collapse/ consolidation, mucus plugging, and mosaic perfusion. Overall CT and MRI scores had perfect concordance (ICC 0.978). Statistically significant (p-value <0.01) intra-observer and inter-observer agreement for all CT and MRI score parameters were seen. A strong negative correlation was seen between total CT and MRI severity scores and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory flow (FEF) 25-75%. DWI MR, with an apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) cut-off of 1.62 × 10-3 mm3/s had a sensitivity of 70% and specificity of 75% in detecting true mucus plugs. CONCLUSIONS MRI with DWI can be considered as a radiation-free alternative in the diagnostic algorithm for assessment of lung changes in bronchiectasis, especially in follow-up.
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- Lokesh
- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India.
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Bintalib HM, van de Ven A, Jacob J, Davidsen JR, Fevang B, Hanitsch LG, Malphettes M, van Montfrans J, Maglione PJ, Milito C, Routes J, Warnatz K, Hurst JR. Diagnostic testing for interstitial lung disease in common variable immunodeficiency: a systematic review. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1190235. [PMID: 37223103 PMCID: PMC10200864 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1190235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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Introduction Common variable immunodeficiency related interstitial lung disease (CVID-ILD, also referred to as GLILD) is generally considered a manifestation of systemic immune dysregulation occurring in up to 20% of people with CVID. There is a lack of evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and management of CVID-ILD. Aim To systematically review use of diagnostic tests for assessing patients with CVID for possible ILD, and to evaluate their utility and risks. Methods EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed and Cochrane databases were searched. Papers reporting information on the diagnosis of ILD in patients with CVID were included. Results 58 studies were included. Radiology was the investigation modality most commonly used. HRCT was the most reported test, as abnormal radiology often first raised suspicion of CVID-ILD. Lung biopsy was used in 42 (72%) of studies, and surgical lung biopsy had more conclusive results compared to trans-bronchial biopsy (TBB). Analysis of broncho-alveolar lavage was reported in 24 (41%) studies, primarily to exclude infection. Pulmonary function tests, most commonly gas transfer, were widely used. However, results varied from normal to severely impaired, typically with a restrictive pattern and reduced gas transfer. Conclusion Consensus diagnostic criteria are urgently required to support accurate assessment and monitoring in CVID-ILD. ESID and the ERS e-GLILDnet CRC have initiated a diagnostic and management guideline through international collaboration. Systematic review registration https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42022276337.
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- Heba M. Bintalib
- University College London (UCL) Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Respiratory Care, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Departments of Internal Medicine & Allergology, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- University College London (UCL) Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Satsuma Lab, Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
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- South Danish Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases (SCILS), Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Odense Respiratory Research Unit (ODIN), Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Centre for Rare Disorders, Division of Paediatric and Adolescent Health, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Division of Surgery, Inflammatory Medicine and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Medical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1 and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinic Immunopathology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Childrens Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC), Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- University College London (UCL) Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Initial Experience With the Use of Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Assess Pulmonary Infarction. J Thorac Imaging 2022; 37:W94-W96. [DOI: 10.1097/rti.0000000000000667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Secchi T, Baselli LA, Russo MC, Borzani IM, Carta F, Lopopolo MA, Foà M, La Vecchia A, Agostoni C, Agosti M, Dellepiane RM. Multiple Breath Washout for Early Assessment of Pulmonary Complications in Patients With Primary Antibody Deficiencies: An Observational Study in Pediatric Age. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:773751. [PMID: 35656375 PMCID: PMC9152221 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.773751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In primary antibody deficiencies (PADs), pulmonary complications are the main cause of morbidity, despite immunoglobulin substitutive therapy, antibiotic treatment of exacerbations, and respiratory physiotherapy. Current Italian recommendations for surveillance of PADs respiratory complications include an annual assessment of spirometry and execution of chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) every 4 years. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the lung clearance index (LCI) as an early marker of lung damage in patients with PADs. LCI is measured by multiple breath washout (MBW), a non-invasive and highly specific test widely used in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS Pediatric patients with PADs (n = 17, 10 male, 7 female, and age range 5-15 years) underwent baseline assessment of lung involvement with chest HRCT, spirometry, and multiple breath nitrogen washout. Among them, 13 patients were followed up to repeat HRCT after 4 years, while performing pulmonary function tests annually. Their baseline and follow-up LCI and forced expiratory volume at 1 s (FEV1) values were compared, taking HRCT as the gold standard, using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS Lung clearance index [odds ratio (OR) 2.3 (confidence interval (CI) 0.1-52) at baseline, OR 3.9 (CI 0.2-191) at follow-up] has a stronger discriminating power between altered and normal HRCT rather than FEV1 [OR 0.6 (CI 0.2-2) at baseline, OR 1.6 (CI 0.1-13.6) at follow-up]. CONCLUSION Within the context of a limited sample size, LCI seems to be more predictive of HRCT alterations than FEV1 and more sensitive than HRCT in detecting non-uniform ventilation in the absence of bronchiectasis. A study of a larger cohort of pediatric patients followed longitudinally in adulthood is needed to challenge these findings.
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- Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Regional Reference Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Radiology Unit-Pediatric Division, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Cystic Fibrosis Regional Reference Centre, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health (DISCCO), University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Woman and Child Department, Ospedale "Filippo Del Ponte," University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Petrov AA, Adatia A, Jolles S, Nair P, Azar A, Walter JE. Antibody Deficiency, Chronic Lung Disease, and Comorbid Conditions: A Case-Based Approach. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE 2021; 9:3899-3908. [PMID: 34592394 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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New emerging pulmonary phenotypes associated with antibody deficiency, such as neutrophilic asthma, frequent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and unexplained interstitial lung disease, particularly in younger adults, are discussed in this review through a case-based approach. Also discussed in similar fashion are antibody deficiency syndromes that lead to end-stage lung disease and the indications for lung transplantation in primary immunodeficiency disease. These challenging cases require timely and individualized strategies for genetic and immunologic diagnosis, decisions about therapeutic approaches, and long-term monitoring.
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- Andrej A Petrov
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburg, Pa.
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Immunodeficiency Center for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of South Florida at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Fla; Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Mass
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Pecoraro M, Cipollari S, Marchitelli L, Messina E, Del Monte M, Galea N, Ciardi MR, Francone M, Catalano C, Panebianco V. Cross-sectional analysis of follow-up chest MRI and chest CT scans in patients previously affected by COVID-19. Radiol Med 2021; 126:1273-1281. [PMID: 34251585 PMCID: PMC8274263 DOI: 10.1007/s11547-021-01390-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Purpose The aim of the study was to prospectively evaluate the agreement between chest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) and to assess the diagnostic performance of chest MRI relative to that of CT during the follow-up of patients recovered from coronavirus disease 2019. Materials and methods Fifty-two patients underwent both follow-up chest CT and MRI scans, evaluated for ground-glass opacities (GGOs), consolidation, interlobular septal thickening, fibrosis, pleural indentation, vessel enlargement, bronchiolar ectasia, and changes compared to prior CT scans. DWI/ADC was evaluated for signal abnormalities suspicious for inflammation. Agreement between CT and MRI was assessed with Cohen’s k and weighted k. Measures of diagnostic accuracy of MRI were calculated. Results The agreement between CT and MRI was almost perfect for consolidation (k = 1.00) and change from prior CT (k = 0.857); substantial for predominant pattern (k = 0.764) and interlobular septal thickening (k = 0.734); and poor for GGOs (k = 0.339), fibrosis (k = 0.224), pleural indentation (k = 0.231), and vessel enlargement (k = 0.339). Meanwhile, the sensitivity of MRI was high for GGOs (1.00), interlobular septal thickening (1.00), and consolidation (1.00) but poor for fibrotic changes (0.18), pleural indentation (0.23), and vessel enlargement (0.50) and the specificity was overall high. DWI was positive in 46.0% of cases. Conclusions The agreement between MRI and CT was overall good. MRI was very sensitive for GGOs, consolidation and interlobular septal thickening and overall specific for most findings. DWI could be a reputable imaging biomarker of inflammatory activity.
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- Martina Pecoraro
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza/Policlinico Umberto I, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161, Rome, Italy. .,Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lungs is one of the most underutilized imaging modality when it comes to imaging of thoracic diseases in children. This is largely due to less-than-optimal image quality and multiple technical challenges involved with MRI of the lungs. Advances in MRI technology along with increased awareness about optimization of MR protocol have led to it being viewed as a feasible option for evaluation of various chest diseases in children. This short review article takes the reader to the road less travelled to explore newer horizons for applications of this rapidly evolving magnetic resonance technique in the field of thoracic diseases in children.
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- Kushaljit Singh Sodhi
- Department of Radio-diagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
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Cinetto F, Scarpa R, Carrabba M, Firinu D, Lougaris V, Buso H, Garzi G, Gianese S, Soccodato V, Punziano A, Lagnese G, Tessarin G, Costanzo G, Landini N, Vio S, Bondioni MP, Consonni D, Marasco C, Del Giacco S, Rattazzi M, Vacca A, Plebani A, Fabio G, Spadaro G, Agostini C, Quinti I, Milito C. Granulomatous Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease (GLILD) in Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID): A Multicenter Retrospective Study of Patients From Italian PID Referral Centers. Front Immunol 2021. [PMID: 33777011 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.627423.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background: Granulomatous and Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Diseases (GLILD) is a severe non-infectious complication of Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), often associated with extrapulmonary involvement. Due to a poorly understood pathogenesis, GLILD diagnosis and management criteria still lack consensus. Accordingly, it is a relevant cause of long-term loss of respiratory function and is closely associated with a markedly reduced survival. The aim of this study was to describe clinical, immunological, laboratory and functional features of GLILD, whose combination in a predictive model might allow a timely diagnosis. Methods: In a multicenter retrospective cross-sectional study we enrolled 73 CVID patients with radiologic features of interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated to CVID (CVID-ILD) and 125 CVID patients without ILD (controls). Of the 73 CVID-ILD patients, 47 received a definite GLILD diagnosis while 26 received a clinical-radiologic diagnosis of CVID related ILD defined as uILD. Results: In GLILD group we found a higher prevalence of splenomegaly (84.8 vs. 39.2%), autoimmune cytopenia (59.6 vs. 6.4%) and bronchiectasis (72.3 vs. 28%), and lower IgA and IgG serum levels at CVID diagnosis. GLILD patients presented lower percentage of switched-memory B cells and marginal zone B cells, and a marked increase in the percentage of circulating CD21lo B cells (14.2 vs. 2.9%). GLILD patients also showed lower total lung capacity (TLC 87.5 vs. 5.0%) and gas transfer (DLCO 61.5 vs. 5.0%) percent of predicted. By univariate logistic regression analysis, we found IgG and IgA levels at CVID diagnosis, presence of splenomegaly and autoimmune cytopenia, CD21lo B cells percentage, TLC and DCLO percent of predicted to be associated to GLILD. The joint analysis of four variables (CD21lo B cells percentage, autoimmune cytopenia, splenomegaly and DLCO percent of predicted), together in a multiple logistic regression model, yielded an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.98 (95% CI: 0.95-1.0). The AUC was only slightly modified when pooling together GLILD and uILD patients (0.92, 95% CI: 0.87-0.97). Conclusions: we propose the combination of two clinical parameters (splenomegaly and autoimmune cytopenia), one lung function index (DLCO%) and one immunologic variable (CD21lo%) as a promising tool for early identification of CVID patients with interstitial lung disease, limiting the use of aggressive diagnostic procedures.
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- Francesco Cinetto
- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rare Disease Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.,ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Regional Reference Centre for Primary Immune Deficiencies, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Regional Reference Centre for Primary Immune Deficiencies, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences-Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences-Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.,ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Radiology Unit, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Radiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.,ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rare Disease Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences-Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Cinetto F, Scarpa R, Carrabba M, Firinu D, Lougaris V, Buso H, Garzi G, Gianese S, Soccodato V, Punziano A, Lagnese G, Tessarin G, Costanzo G, Landini N, Vio S, Bondioni MP, Consonni D, Marasco C, Del Giacco S, Rattazzi M, Vacca A, Plebani A, Fabio G, Spadaro G, Agostini C, Quinti I, Milito C. Granulomatous Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease (GLILD) in Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID): A Multicenter Retrospective Study of Patients From Italian PID Referral Centers. Front Immunol 2021; 12:627423. [PMID: 33777011 PMCID: PMC7987811 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.627423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Granulomatous and Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Diseases (GLILD) is a severe non-infectious complication of Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), often associated with extrapulmonary involvement. Due to a poorly understood pathogenesis, GLILD diagnosis and management criteria still lack consensus. Accordingly, it is a relevant cause of long-term loss of respiratory function and is closely associated with a markedly reduced survival. The aim of this study was to describe clinical, immunological, laboratory and functional features of GLILD, whose combination in a predictive model might allow a timely diagnosis. Methods: In a multicenter retrospective cross-sectional study we enrolled 73 CVID patients with radiologic features of interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated to CVID (CVID-ILD) and 125 CVID patients without ILD (controls). Of the 73 CVID-ILD patients, 47 received a definite GLILD diagnosis while 26 received a clinical-radiologic diagnosis of CVID related ILD defined as uILD. Results: In GLILD group we found a higher prevalence of splenomegaly (84.8 vs. 39.2%), autoimmune cytopenia (59.6 vs. 6.4%) and bronchiectasis (72.3 vs. 28%), and lower IgA and IgG serum levels at CVID diagnosis. GLILD patients presented lower percentage of switched-memory B cells and marginal zone B cells, and a marked increase in the percentage of circulating CD21lo B cells (14.2 vs. 2.9%). GLILD patients also showed lower total lung capacity (TLC 87.5 vs. 5.0%) and gas transfer (DLCO 61.5 vs. 5.0%) percent of predicted. By univariate logistic regression analysis, we found IgG and IgA levels at CVID diagnosis, presence of splenomegaly and autoimmune cytopenia, CD21lo B cells percentage, TLC and DCLO percent of predicted to be associated to GLILD. The joint analysis of four variables (CD21lo B cells percentage, autoimmune cytopenia, splenomegaly and DLCO percent of predicted), together in a multiple logistic regression model, yielded an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.98 (95% CI: 0.95-1.0). The AUC was only slightly modified when pooling together GLILD and uILD patients (0.92, 95% CI: 0.87-0.97). Conclusions: we propose the combination of two clinical parameters (splenomegaly and autoimmune cytopenia), one lung function index (DLCO%) and one immunologic variable (CD21lo%) as a promising tool for early identification of CVID patients with interstitial lung disease, limiting the use of aggressive diagnostic procedures.
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- Francesco Cinetto
- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rare Disease Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.,ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Regional Reference Centre for Primary Immune Deficiencies, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Regional Reference Centre for Primary Immune Deficiencies, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences-Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences-Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.,ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Radiology Unit, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Radiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.,ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rare Disease Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences-Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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New developments in respiratory medicine: a primary immunodeficiency perspective. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2020; 20:549-556. [PMID: 32941317 DOI: 10.1097/aci.0000000000000690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To consider recent developments in respiratory medicine that are of relevance to clinicians caring for adults affected by primary immunodeficiency disorders. RECENT FINDINGS We consider impulse oscillometry, new bronchoscopic techniques for sampling, MRI and PET, the concept of the human airway microbiome, and new treatment approaches for bronchiectasis and interstitial lung disease to better understand the future of respiratory care for people with PID. SUMMARY New approaches to the diagnosis and management of respiratory manifestations of PID have been driven by better understanding of the lung in health and disease, progress in imaging and sampling modalities, and new therapeutics.
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Hanitsch L, Baumann U, Boztug K, Burkhard-Meier U, Fasshauer M, Habermehl P, Hauck F, Klock G, Liese J, Meyer O, Müller R, Pachlopnik-Schmid J, Pfeiffer-Kascha D, Warnatz K, Wehr C, Wittke K, Niehues T, von Bernuth H. Treatment and management of primary antibody deficiency: German interdisciplinary evidence-based consensus guideline. Eur J Immunol 2020; 50:1432-1446. [PMID: 32845010 DOI: 10.1002/eji.202048713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This evidence-based clinical guideline provides consensus-recommendations for the treatment and care of patients with primary antibody deficiencies (PADs). The guideline group comprised 20 clinical and scientific expert associations of the German, Swiss, and Austrian healthcare system and representatives of patients. Recommendations were based on results of a systematic literature search, data extraction, and evaluation of methodology and study quality in combination with the clinical expertise of the respective representatives. Consensus-based recommendations were determined via nominal group technique. PADs are the largest clinically relevant group of primary immunodeficiencies. Most patients with PADs present with increased susceptibility to infections, however immune dysregulation, autoimmunity, and cancer affect a significant number of patients and may precede infections. This guideline therefore covers interdisciplinary clinical and therapeutic aspects of infectious (e.g., antibiotic prophylaxis, management of bronchiectasis) and non-infectious manifestations (e.g., management of granulomatous disease, immune cytopenia). PADs are grouped into disease entities with definitive, probable, possible, or unlikely benefit of IgG-replacement therapy. Summary and consensus-recommendations are provided for treatment indication, dosing, routes of administration, and adverse events of IgG-replacement therapy. Special aspects of concomitant impaired T-cell function are highlighted as well as clinical data on selected monogenetic inborn errors of immunity formerly classified into PADs (APDS, CTLA-4-, and LRBA-deficiency).
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- Leif Hanitsch
- Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and St. Anna Kinderspital and Children's Cancer Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- ImmunoDeficiencyCenter Leipzig (IDCL), Hospital St. Georg gGmbH Leipzig, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Clemens-Schöpf-Institut für Organische Chemie & Biochemie, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Pediatric Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Immunology, University Children's Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Labor Berlin Charité - Vivantes GmbH, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Immunology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Fekrvand S, Mozdarani H, Delavari S, Sohani M, Nazari F, Kiaee F, Bagheri Y, Azizi G, Hassanpour G, Mozdarani S, Abolhassani H, Aghamohammadi A, Yazdani R. Evaluation of Radiation Sensitivity in Patients with Hyper IgM Syndrome. Immunol Invest 2020; 50:580-596. [PMID: 32584193 DOI: 10.1080/08820139.2020.1779288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND HIGM syndrome is a rare form of primary immunodeficiencies characterized by normal/increased amounts of serum IgM and decreased serum levels of other switched immunoglobulin classes. Since the affected patients are continuously infected with various types of pathogens and are susceptible for cancers, diagnostic and therapeutic tests including imaging techniques are recommended for the diagnosis and treatment of these patients, which predispose them to higher accumulated doses of radiation. Given the evidence of class switching recombination machinery defect and its association with an increased rate of DNA repair, we aimed to evaluate radiation sensitivity among a group of patients diagnosed with HIGM syndrome. METHODS 19 HIGM patients (14 CD40 L and 3 AID deficiencies and 2 unsolved cases without known genetic defects) and 17 control subjects (10 healthy subjects as negative control group, 7 ataxia-telangiectasia patients as positive control group) were enrolled. G2 assay was carried out for the determination of radiosensitivity. RESULTS Based on radiation-induced chromosomal changes among the studied HIGM patients and their comparison with the controls, almost all (95%) the patients had degrees of radiosensitivity: 6 patients with low to moderate, 1 patient with moderate, 11 patients with severe and 1 patient without radiation sensitivity. CONCLUSION Today, X-ray radiation plays a very important role in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; while increased exposure has devastating effects especially in radiosensitive patients. Considering higher sensitivity in HIGM patients, utilizing radiation-free techniques could partly avoid unnecessary and high-level exposure to radiation, thus preventing or reducing its harmful effects on the affected patients.
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- Saba Fekrvand
- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences,Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Research Development Unit (CRDU), 5 Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Maglione PJ. Chronic Lung Disease in Primary Antibody Deficiency: Diagnosis and Management. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2020; 40:437-459. [PMID: 32654691 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2020.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chronic lung disease is a complication of primary antibody deficiency (PAD) associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Manifestations of lung disease in PAD are numerous. Thoughtful application of diagnostic approaches is imperative to accurately identify the form of disease. Much of the treatment used is adapted from immunocompetent populations. Recent genomic and translational medicine advances have led to specific treatments. As chronic lung disease has continued to affect patients with PAD, we hope that continued advancements in our understanding of pulmonary pathology will ultimately lead to effective methods that alleviate impact on quality of life and survival.
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- Paul J Maglione
- Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, R304, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Fekrvand S, Yazdani R, Olbrich P, Azizi G, Shirzadi R, Modaresi M, Sohani M, Delavari S, Kalantari A, Shariat M, Shafiei A, Lu N, Hassanpour G, Rahimi Hajiabadi M, Ashournia P, Razaghian A, Asgharyan M, Shahraki-Ghadimi Z, Rouhani R, Hoda Fallah F, Rezaei N, Abolhassani H, Aghamohammadi A. Evaluation of respiratory complications in patients with X-linked and autosomal recessive agammaglobulinemia. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2020; 31:405-417. [PMID: 32058651 DOI: 10.1111/pai.13228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Congenital agammaglobulinemia is the first primary immunodeficiency disorder characterized by a defect in B lymphocyte development and subsequently decreased immunoglobulin levels. These patients are prone to suffer from recurrent infections mostly involving the respiratory tract. In this study, we aimed to describe in detail respiratory tract complications as the most prominent clinical feature among agammaglobulinemic patients. METHODS A total number of 115 patients were included. Demographic, clinical, and genetic data were collected from the patients' medical records. Among the available patients, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and/or high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) were performed. RESULTS Respiratory tract complications (85.2%) especially pneumonia (62.6%) were the most prominent clinical features in our cohort. Among patients with abnormal PFT results (N = 19), a mixed respiratory pattern was observed in 36.8%. HRCT was carried out in 29 patients; Bhalla scoring-based evaluation of these patients indicated excellent (44.8%), followed by good (34.5%) and mild (20.7%) results. Bronchiectasis was found in 13 patients undergoing HRCT (44.8%). We found significant inverse correlations between the Bhalla score and incidence rate of pneumonia, as well as the presence of bronchiectasis. Patients with abnormal PFT results had statistically significant higher bronchiectasis frequency and lower Bhalla scores compared to those with normal results. Forty-one patients were deceased, and here, respiratory failure was the most common cause of death (45.5%). CONCLUSION High prevalence of respiratory tract infections among agammaglobulinemic patients and subsequent progression to permanent lung damage highlights the importance of implementing respiratory evaluation as part of routine follow-up program of agammaglobulinemic patients. Physicians should be aware of this and regularly monitor the respiratory function of these patients to allow for timely diagnosis and treatment initiation aiming to improve patients' prognosis and quality of life.
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- Saba Fekrvand
- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Sección de Infectología e Inmunopatología, Unidad de Pediatría, Hospital Virgen del Rocío/Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Seville, Spain
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology and Allergy, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- The Department of Immunology, Bahrami Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- State Key Lab of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.,Network for Immunology in Infection, Malignancy, and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at the Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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Cinetto F, Scarpa R, Pulvirenti F, Quinti I, Agostini C, Milito C. Appropriate lung management in patients with primary antibody deficiencies. Expert Rev Respir Med 2019; 13:823-838. [PMID: 31361157 DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2019.1641085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Introduction: Human primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) include a broad spectrum of more than 350 disorders, involving different branches of the immune system and classified as 'rare diseases.' Predominantly antibody deficiencies (PADs) represent more than half of the PIDs diagnosed in Europe and are often diagnosed in the adulthood. Areas covered: Although PAD could first present with autoimmune or neoplastic features, respiratory infections are frequent and respiratory disease represents a relevant cause of morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary complications may be classified as infection-related (acute and chronic), immune-mediated, and neoplastic. Expert opinion: At present, no consensus guidelines are available on how to monitor and manage lung complications in PAD patients. In this review, we will discuss the available diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic instruments and we will suggest an appropriate and evidence-based approach to lung diseases in primary antibody deficiencies. We will also highlight the possible role of promising new tools and strategies in the management of pulmonary complications. However, future studies are needed to reduce of diagnostic delay of PAD and to better understand lung diseases mechanisms, with the final aim to ameliorate therapeutic options that will have a strong impact on Quality of Life and long-term prognosis of PAD patients.
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- Francesco Cinetto
- Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova , Padova , Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital , Treviso , Italy
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- Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova , Padova , Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital , Treviso , Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Roma , Roma , Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Roma , Roma , Italy
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- Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova , Padova , Italy.,Internal Medicine I, Ca' Foncello Hospital , Treviso , Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Roma , Roma , Italy
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Schütz K, Alecsandru D, Grimbacher B, Haddock J, Bruining A, Driessen G, de Vries E, van Hagen PM, Hartmann I, Fraioli F, Milito C, Mitrevski M, Quinti I, Serra G, Kelleher P, Loebinger M, Litzman J, Postranecka V, Thon V, Babar J, Condliffe AM, Exley A, Kumararatne D, Screaton N, Jones A, Bondioni MP, Lougaris V, Plebani A, Soresina A, Sirignano C, Spadaro G, Galal N, Gonzalez-Granado LI, Dettmer S, Stirling R, Chapel H, Lucas M, Patel S, Farber CM, Meyts I, Banerjee AK, Hackett S, Hurst JR, Warnatz K, Gathmann B, Baumann U. Imaging of Bronchial Pathology in Antibody Deficiency: Data from the European Chest CT Group. J Clin Immunol 2018; 39:45-54. [PMID: 30547383 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-018-0577-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Studies of chest computed tomography (CT) in patients with primary antibody deficiency syndromes (ADS) suggest a broad range of bronchial pathology. However, there are as yet no multicentre studies to assess the variety of bronchial pathology in this patient group. One of the underlying reasons is the lack of a consensus methodology, a prerequisite to jointly document chest CT findings. We aimed to establish an international platform for the evaluation of bronchial pathology as assessed by chest CT and to describe the range of bronchial pathologies in patients with antibody deficiency. Ffteen immunodeficiency centres from 9 countries evaluated chest CT scans of patients with ADS using a predefined list of potential findings including an extent score for bronchiectasis. Data of 282 patients with ADS were collected. Patients with common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID) comprised the largest subgroup (232 patients, 82.3%). Eighty percent of CVID patients had radiological evidence of bronchial pathology including bronchiectasis in 61%, bronchial wall thickening in 44% and mucus plugging in 29%. Bronchiectasis was detected in 44% of CVID patients aged less than 20 years. Cough was a better predictor for bronchiectasis than spirometry values. Delay of diagnosis as well as duration of disease correlated positively with presence of bronchiectasis. The use of consensus diagnostic criteria and a pre-defined list of bronchial pathologies allows for comparison of chest CT data in multicentre studies. Our data suggest a high prevalence of bronchial pathology in CVID due to late diagnosis or duration of disease.
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- Katharina Schütz
- Paediatric Immunology Unit, Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Primary Immunodeficiencies Unit, Pediatrics, Hospital 12 Octubre, Madrid, Spain
- Clinical Immunology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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- Clinical Immunology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
- Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Dutch Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Paediatric Immunology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Paediatrics, Juliana Children's Hospital/Haga Teaching Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Jeroen Bosch Academy, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
- Tranzo, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Immunology and Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Radiology, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Immunology Section Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, St Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, St Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, St Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Paediatric Immunology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia and ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia and ASST-Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Radiology, IBB-CNR University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Diagnostic Radiology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
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- Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Primary Immunodeficiency Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Primary Immunodeficiency Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Primary Immunodeficiency Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Paediatric Immunology and Pulmonology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
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- Paediatric Immunology Department, Heartlands Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- UCL Respiratory Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- ESID Registry Working Party, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Paediatric Immunology Unit, Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hanover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
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Milota T, Bloomfield M, Parackova Z, Sediva A, Bartunkova J, Horvath R. Bronchial Asthma and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Their Characteristics in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2018; 178:192-200. [PMID: 30458444 DOI: 10.1159/000494128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is one of the most frequent primary immunodeficiencies and is characterized by disturbed immunoglobulin production and dysregulation of the immune system. Results of previous studies suggest a higher prevalence of bronchial asthma (BA) in CVID patients than in the general population. We initiated this study to evaluate lung functions and identify risk factors for BA and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in patients with CVID. METHODS Twenty-three patients with CVID were included in this study. In all of them, spirometry and a metacholine bronchoprovocation test were performed. We also investigated the role of atopy, eosinophilic inflammation, and potential risk factors such as gender, age, or immunoglobulin levels at the time of diagnosis. RESULTS BHR was confirmed in 12 patients (52%), all of whom had normal FEV1 and FEV1/FVC. However, BHR-positive patients had significantly decreased MEF25. BHR-positive patients had also more symptoms related to bronchial obstruction, with 8 of them (35%) being suspected of having BA at the end of the study. A higher prevalence of BHR was found in females, with a relative risk of 2.89. CONCLUSIONS An increased prevalence of BHR and BA was detected in CVID patients compared to the general population. BA may develop despite the disturbed immunoglobulin production, and the majority of patients display nonatopic and noneosinophilic properties. These results suggest a limited role of atopy and eosinophilic inflammation in the pathogenesis of BA in CVID patients.
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- Tomas Milota
- Department of Immunology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic,
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- Department of Immunology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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Cinetto F, Scarpa R, Rattazzi M, Agostini C. The broad spectrum of lung diseases in primary antibody deficiencies. Eur Respir Rev 2018; 27:27/149/180019. [PMID: 30158276 PMCID: PMC9488739 DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0019-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Human primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) represent a heterogeneous group of more than 350 disorders. They are rare diseases, but their global incidence is more relevant than generally thought. The underlying defect may involve different branches of the innate and/or adaptive immune response. Thus, the clinical picture may range from severe phenotypes characterised by a broad spectrum of infections to milder infectious phenotypes due to more selective (and frequent) immune defects. Moreover, infections may not be the main clinical features in some PIDs that might present with autoimmunity, auto-inflammation and/or cancer. Primary antibody deficiencies (PADs) represent a small percentage of the known PIDs but they are the most frequently diagnosed, particularly in adulthood. Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most prevalent symptomatic PAD. PAD patients share a significant susceptibility to respiratory diseases that represent a relevant cause of morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary complications include acute and chronic infection-related diseases, such as pneumonia and bronchiectasis. They also include immune-mediated interstitial lung diseases, such as granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD) and cancer. Herein we will discuss the main pulmonary manifestations of PADs, the associated functional and imaging findings, and the relevant role of pulmonologists and chest radiologists in diagnosis and surveillance. The spectrum of lung complications in primary antibody deficiency ranges from asthma or COPD to extremely rare and specific ILDs. Early diagnosis of the underlying immune defect might significantly improve patients' lung disease, QoL and long-term prognosis.http://ow.ly/5cP230kZvOB
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- Francesco Cinetto
- Dept of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Medicina Interna I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Dept of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Medicina Interna I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Dept of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Medicina Interna I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Dept of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Medicina Interna I, Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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Baumann U, Routes JM, Soler-Palacín P, Jolles S. The Lung in Primary Immunodeficiencies: New Concepts in Infection and Inflammation. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1837. [PMID: 30147696 PMCID: PMC6096054 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IGRT) has contributed critically to the management of primary antibody deficiencies (PAD) and the decrease in pneumonia rate. However, despite adequate IGRT and improved prognosis, patients with PAD continue to experience recurrent respiratory tract infections, leading to bronchiectasis and continuing decline in lung function with a severe impact on their quality of life. Moreover, non-infectious inflammatory and interstitial lung complications, such as granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease, contribute substantially to the overall morbidity of PAD. These conditions develop much more often than appreciated and represent a major therapeutic challenge. Therefore, a regular assessment of the structural and functional condition of the lung and the upper airways with appropriate treatment is required to minimize the deterioration of lung function. This work summarizes the knowledge on lung complications in PAD and discusses the currently available diagnostic tools and treatment options.
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- Ulrich Baumann
- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Institut de Recerca Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunodeficiency Centre for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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X-Linked Agammaglobulinaemia: Outcomes in the modern era. Clin Immunol 2017; 183:54-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Uzunhan Y, Jeny F, Kambouchner M, Didier M, Bouvry D, Nunes H, Bernaudin JF, Valeyre D. The Lung in Dysregulated States of Humoral Immunity. Respiration 2017; 94:389-404. [PMID: 28910817 DOI: 10.1159/000480297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In common variable immunodeficiency, lung manifestations are related to different mechanisms: recurrent pneumonias due to encapsulated bacteria responsible for diffuse bronchiectasis, diffuse infiltrative pneumonia with various patterns, and lymphomas, mostly B cell extranodal non-Hodgkin type. The diagnosis relies on significant serum Ig deficiency and the exclusion of any primary or secondary cause. Histopathology may be needed. Immunoglobulin (IgG) replacement is crucial to prevent infections and bronchiectasis. IgG4-related respiratory disease, often associated with extrapulmonary localizations, presents with solitary nodules or masses, diffuse interstitial lung diseases, bronchiolitis, lymphadenopathy, and pleural or pericardial involvement. Diagnosis relies on international criteria including serum IgG4 dosage and significantly increased IgG4/IgG plasma cells ratio in pathologically suggestive biopsy. Respiratory amyloidosis presents with tracheobronchial, nodular, and cystic or diffuse interstitial lung infiltration. Usually of AL (amyloid light chain) subtype, it may be localized or systemic, primary or secondary to a lymphoproliferative process. Very rare other diseases due to nonamyloid IgG deposits are described. Among the various lung manifestations of dysregulated states of humoral immunity, this article covers only those associated with the common variable immunodeficiency, IgG4-related disease, amyloidosis, and pulmonary light-chain deposition disease. Autoimmune connective-vascular tissue diseases or lymphoproliferative disorders are addressed in other chapters of this issue.
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Ciet P, Bertolo S, Ros M, Andrinopoulou ER, Tavano V, Lucca F, Feiweier T, Krestin GP, Tiddens HAWM, Morana G. Detection and monitoring of lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis during respiratory tract exacerbation using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Respir J 2017; 50:50/1/1601437. [PMID: 28729470 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01437-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The aim was to investigate whether diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) detects and monitors inflammatory and lung function changes during respiratory tract exacerbations (RTE) treatment in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).29 patients with RTE underwent DWI pre- and post-antibiotic treatment. A control group of 27 stable patients, matched for age and sex, underwent DWI with the same time gap as those undergoing RTE treatment. Clinical status and lung function were assessed at each DWI time point. The CF-MRI scoring system was used to assess structural lung changes in both CF groups.Significant reduction in the DWI score over the course of antibiotic treatment (p<0.0001) was observed in patients with RTE, but not in the control group. DWI score had a strong inverse correlation with clinical status (r=-0.504, p<0.0001) and lung function (r=-0.635, p<0.0001) in patients with RTE. Interestingly, there were persistent significant differences in the CF-MRI score between the RTE and control group at both baseline and follow-up (p<0.001), while the differences in DWI score were only observed at baseline (p<0.001).DWI is a promising imaging method for noninvasive detection of pulmonary inflammation during RTE, and may be used to monitor treatment efficacy of anti-inflammatory treatment.
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- Pierluigi Ciet
- Dept of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Dept of Pediatrics, Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Dept of Radiology, Ca'Foncello Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Dept of Radiology, Ca'Foncello Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Dept of Pediatrics, Ca'Foncello Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Dept of Radiology, Ca'Foncello Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Dept of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Dept of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Dept of Pediatrics, Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dept of Radiology, Ca'Foncello Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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Jolles S, Carne E, Brouns M, El-Shanawany T, Williams P, Marshall C, Fielding P. FDG PET-CT imaging of therapeutic response in granulomatous lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD) in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). Clin Exp Immunol 2016; 187:138-145. [PMID: 27896807 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common severe adult primary immunodeficiency and is characterized by a failure to produce antibodies leading to recurrent predominantly sinopulmonary infections. Improvements in the prevention and treatment of infection with immunoglobulin replacement and antibiotics have resulted in malignancy, autoimmune, inflammatory and lymphoproliferative disorders emerging as major clinical challenges in the management of patients who have CVID. In a proportion of CVID patients, inflammation manifests as granulomas that frequently involve the lungs, lymph nodes, spleen and liver and may affect almost any organ. Granulomatous lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD) is associated with a worse outcome. Its underlying pathogenic mechanisms are poorly understood and there is limited evidence to inform how best to monitor, treat or select patients to treat. We describe the use of combined 2-[(18)F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) scanning for the assessment and monitoring of response to treatment in a patient with GLILD. This enabled a synergistic combination of functional and anatomical imaging in GLILD and demonstrated a widespread and high level of metabolic activity in the lungs and lymph nodes. Following treatment with rituximab and mycophenolate there was almost complete resolution of the previously identified high metabolic activity alongside significant normalization in lymph node size and lung architecture. The results support the view that GLILD represents one facet of a multi-systemic metabolically highly active lymphoproliferative disorder and suggests potential utility of this imaging modality in this subset of patients with CVID.
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- S Jolles
- Department of Immunology, Immunodeficiency Centre for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Immunodeficiency Centre for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Neville Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Immunodeficiency Centre for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Immunodeficiency Centre for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Radiology, PETIC, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Radiology, PETIC, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lungs as a Radiation-Free Technique for Lung Pathologies in Immunodeficient patients. J Clin Immunol 2016; 36:621-3. [PMID: 27417382 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-016-0313-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Bhatt JM, Bush A, van Gerven M, Nissenkorn A, Renke M, Yarlett L, Taylor M, Tonia T, Warris A, Zielen S, Zinna S, Merkus PJFM. ERS statement on the multidisciplinary respiratory management of ataxia telangiectasia. Eur Respir Rev 2015; 24:565-81. [PMID: 26621971 PMCID: PMC9487625 DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0066-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare, progressive, multisystem disease that has a large number of complex and diverse manifestations which vary with age. Patients with A-T die prematurely with the leading causes of death being respiratory diseases and cancer. Respiratory manifestations include immune dysfunction leading to recurrent upper and lower respiratory infections; aspiration resulting from dysfunctional swallowing due to neurodegenerative deficits; inefficient cough; and interstitial lung disease/pulmonary fibrosis. Malnutrition is a significant comorbidity. The increased radiosensitivity and increased risk of cancer should be borne in mind when requesting radiological investigations. Aggressive proactive monitoring and treatment of these various aspects of lung disease under multidisciplinary expertise in the experience of national multidisciplinary clinics internationally forms the basis of this statement on the management of lung disease in A-T. Neurological management is outwith the scope of this document.
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- Jayesh M Bhatt
- Nottingham Children's Hospital, UK Paediatric National Clinic, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Dept of Paediatrics, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Amalia Children's Hospital Radboud, University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Rare Diseases Service and Pediatric Neurology Unit, Edmond and Lilly Safra Pediatric Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Dept of Allergology, Pneumology and Cystic Fibrosis, Children's Hospital, Goethe-University Theodor-Stern Kai, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen and the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Aberdeen, UK
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- Dept of Allergology, Pneumology and Cystic Fibrosis, Children's Hospital, Goethe-University Theodor-Stern Kai, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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- Nottingham Children's Hospital, UK Paediatric National Clinic, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Dept of Paediatrics, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Amalia Children's Hospital Radboud, University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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