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. 1992 May;68(799):359–362. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.68.799.359

Recurrent intra-cranial granulomata presenting as space-occupying lesions in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency.

S A Misbah 1, G P Spickett 1, M M Esiri 1, J T Hughes 1, W B Matthews 1, R A Thompson 1, H M Chapel 1
PMCID: PMC2399430  PMID: 1630981

Abstract

A patient with profound panhypogammaglobulinaemia due to common variable immunodeficiency developed two discrete intra-cranial space-occupying lesions, 10 years apart, requiring craniotomy. Histological examination revealed the intra-cranial masses to be granulomata of unknown aetiology on both occasions.

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