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    Less common disorders:D

    • Last Update: 2021-03-07
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    DISEASE AND CAUSESPATHOPHYSIOLOGYSIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
    DiGeorge syndrome 
    • Lack or partial lack of thymus gland
    Partial or total absence of cell-mediated immunity resulting from T-lymphocyte deficiency produces life-threatening hypocalcemia associated with cardiovascular and facial anomalies. Without a fetal thymus transplant, patients do not live beyond age 2. At birth:
    • Low-set ears, notches in ear pinna, fish-shaped mouth, an undersized jaw and abnormally wide-set eyes
    • Great vessel anomalies and tetralogy of Fallot
    • Hypocalcemia
    • CNS and early heart failure

     

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