Recurrent Pericardial Effusion in a Boy with Common Variable Immunodeficiency

Abstract

A boy with common variable immunodeficiency experienced in his fifth year of life pericardial effusion on two separate occasions. The first effusion was probably due to the infection, whereas the second one remained of unknown etiology. Recurrent pericardial effusion so far has not been described as a manifestation of common variable immunodeficiency. This article points to that rare possibility.