Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2020
A patient presents with absence of T-lymphocytes, facial defects, defects of thyroid and parathyroid glands, heart disease. Cellular immune responses do not develop. The patient was diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome. This syndrome is caused by:
Answer options
- Primary B cell deficiency
- Thymus hypoplasia.
- Primary B cell deficiency
- Thymus hyperplasia
- Combined immunodeficiency
Correct answer
Thymus hypoplasia.
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