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work_uhudascuanbg5iigsxzmfiiobq	Simon Lam	The Respiratory Presentation of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency in Two Mennonite Children at a Tertiary Centre Highlighting the Importance of Recognizing This Pediatric Emergency	2014	4	.pdf	application/pdf	3038	303	56	Correspondence and reprints: Dr Mary E Noseworthy, Section of Respiratory Medicine, Alberta Children's Hospital, 2888 Shaganappi Trail Chest radiographs on admission revealed bilateral perihilar infiltrates and an absent thymic shadow (Figure 1). Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is considered to be a pediatric The authors present two cases of SCID in children <4 months of Figure 1) Chest radiograph of the patient described in case 1 on presentation revealing bilateral perihilar infiltrates without a thymic shadow Figure 3) Chest radiograph of the patient described in case 2 on presentation, revealing a right upper lobe consolidation and a smaller than expected The initial evaluation of a patient with SCID involves a complete blood count. 20% to 30% of SCID patients may have a normal lymphocyte counts. The physician should consider SCID in a patient with failure to thrive, recurrent and resistant respiratory infections, family history of early 	./cache/work_uhudascuanbg5iigsxzmfiiobq.pdf	./txt/work_uhudascuanbg5iigsxzmfiiobq.txt