One-year-old boy referred to work up as a case of Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome. He was first born child to young parents. Elder brother of mother died at seven years ,the details of which mother doesn't know, Her younger brother started having recurrent infections and bleeding since early months. He survived up to 13 years. Worked up in CMC Vellore. He was diagnosed with a case of Wiskott Aldrich syndrome. Bone marrow transplantation planned but not done as they didn't get a donor.
By that time he succumbed to non-hodgkin lymphoma. With this history parents thought the elder brother also had the same illness retrospectively. One important point is genetic studies of this patient case was negative for Wiskott Aldrich syndrome. Our one-year-old boy was born at term normal delivery with 2.8kg birth weight. His postnatal period normal and was perfectly normal up to six months. At six months he…
