Effective Treatment of Intractable Diarrhea Associated with Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Oral Budesonide |
Ji Hyun Jeon, Do Hyoung Lim, Chang Hyun Park, Hyeok Chan Kwon, Ji Yeon Jung, Keon Woo Park, Soon Il Lee |
Department of Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea |
경구용 부데소나이드로 치료한 공통가변성 면역결핍증에서의 설사 |
전지현, 임도형, 박창현, 권혁찬, 정지연, 박건우, 이순일 |
단국대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 |
Correspondence:
Do Hyoung Lim, Tel: +82-41-550-3294, Fax: +82-41-550-7058, Email: dos143@gmail.com |
Received: 15 July 2013 • Revised: 22 August 2013 • Accepted: 9 September 2013 |
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Abstract |
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common symptomatic primary antibody deficiency syndrome and has a high prevalence of gastrointestinal complications. We report the case of a 36-year-old male with CVID who presented with chronic intractable diarrhea and malabsorption. A comprehensive evaluation revealed no secondary causes of his symptoms. He was treated symptomatically without improvement. After receiving systemic steroid treatment, his symptoms improved, but returned soon after tapering the steroid. When he was subsequently administered oral budesonide, his symptoms and quality of life improved; this effect lasted for 20 months without unacceptable side effects. (Korean J Med 2014;86:637-640) |
Key Words:
Common variable immunodeficiency; Diarrhea; Steroid |
주제어:
공통 가변성 면역결핍증; 설사; 스테로이드 |