Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease with Immunodeficiency (VODI): A Case Report and Review of Literature
İlke Yıldırım,
Işılay Turan,
Selami Ulaş
et al.
Abstract:Hepatic veno occlusive disease with immunodeficiency syndrome (VODI) is an autosomal recessive primary immunodeficiency associated with hepatic vascular occlusion and fibrosis. The immunodeficiency is characterized by severe hypogammaglobulinemia, combined T and B cell immunodeficiency, absent lymph node germinal centers, and absence of tissue plasma cells. VODI was first described in 1976 in an Australian Lebanese population. In our patient who came to the emergency department with septic shock, all immunoglo… Show more
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