Leukocyte adhesion defects Type III: A rare association of primary immunodeficiency and platelet functional defect

Abstract

Leukocyte adhesion defect (LAD) Type III is an extremely rare disease, which presents with severe infections and a Glanzmann thrombasthenia-like bleeding phenotype. A 2-year-old male child with LAD Type III with recurrent mucosal bleeding and relatively few infections is presented to highlight this novel presentation. The rare association of primary immunodeficiency and platelet functional disease is described.

Keywords

• leucocyte adhesion defect
• immunodeficiency
• platelet functional disorder