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7056649 
Journal Article 
Acquired basophil and eosinophil deficiency in a patient with hypogammaglobulinaemia associated with thymoma 
Mitchell, EB; Platts-Mills, TA; Pereira, RS; Malkovska, V; Webster, AD; , 
1983 
Yes 
Clinical and Laboratory Haematology
ISSN: 0141-9854
EISSN: 1365-2257 
English 
6228374 
A 55-year-old male with a history of recurrent bacterial and viral infection was found to have hypogammaglobulinaemia in association with a benign thymoma. The patient lacked eosinophils and was deficient in basophils in both the peripheral blood and bone marrow. The absence of eosinophils in a skin challenge known to recruit these cells, and below normal total peripheral blood leucocyte histamine content further suggests a deficiency of eosinophils and basophils respectively. Abnormal suppressor T cell function was documented both phenotypically, using OKT monoclonal antisera, and functionally in pokeweed mitogen stimulated cultures. This patient is the first reported with a deficiency of both eosinophils and basophils occurring in the presence of hypogammaglobulinaemia and thymoma; these abnormalities may be related to the abnormal suppressor T cell function that is present.