Recurrent purulent triaditis in a patient with congenital x-linked agammaglobulinemia
Wray, B.B.; Middleton, H.M.; Mills, L.R.; Plaxico, D.T.; Otken, L.B.
American Journal of Gastroenterology 75(2): 140-143
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270 PMID: 7195149 Document Number: 178628
A patient with congenital x-linked agammaglobulinemia, who had two separate episodes of an apparent bacterial purulent hepatic triaditis in the absence of any known local predisposing factors, is presented. These episodes may reflect the increased susceptibility of an immunodeficient patient to bacterial infections. This case demonstrates the need to consider hepatic involvement in the work-up of fevers of undetermined origin in immunodeficient patients, even in the absence of any radiologic or sonographic evidence of mechanical biliary tract obstruction.