Clinical Study

Immunophenotypic Analysis of B Lymphocytes in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency: Identification of CD23 as a Useful Marker in the Definition of the Disease

Table 2

Clinical features of the patients with CVID considered in the study.

Clinical featuresPatients number (percentage)

Infections23 (100%)
 Airways infections23 (100%)
 Gastrointestinal infections8 (34%)
 Genitourinary infections7 (30%)
 Conjunctivitis2 (9%)
 Otitis4 (17%)
 Esophageal candidiasis3 (13%)
 Poliomyelitis1 (4%)
 Meningitis1 (4%)
Bronchiectasis6 (26%)
Splenomegaly7 (30%)
Lymphadenopathy10 (43%)
Haematological malignancy1 (4%)
 Hodgkin’s lymphoma1 (4%)
Autoimmune diseases12 (52%)
 Hypothyroidism/thyroiditis5 (22%)
 Autoimmune thrombocytopenia4 (17%)
 Autoimmune anemia 1 (4%)
 Sjögren’s syndrome3 (13%)
 Arthritis2 (9%)
 Celiac sprue1 (4%)
 Alopecia1 (4%)
 Sarcoidosis1 (4%)
 Lichen planus1 (4%)
Neoplasias7 (30%)
 Breast cancer2 (13%)
 Genital cancer2 (13%)
 Colon cancer1 (6%)
 Basalioma1 (6%)
 Meningioma1 (6%)
 Osteosarcoma1 (6%)