Combined immunodeficiency due to STK4 deficiency

What it is

A rare, genetic, combined T and B cell immunodeficiency characterized by T- and B-cell lymphopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia and intermittent neutropenia. It presents with recurrent opportunistic viral, bacterial and fungal infections involving skin (cutaneous papillomatosis, molluscum contagiosum, skin abscesses, mucocutaneous candidiasis), upper and lower respiratory tract or septicemia. Other clinical features include autoimmune manifestations (autoimmune hemolytic anemia) and congenital heart defects (atrial septal defects, patent foramen ovale, mitral, triscupid and pulmonary valve insufficiency).

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Childhood

Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Gene

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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