Criteria

European Society for Immunodeficiencies diagnostic criteria[4]

Definitive

Patient with reduced numbers of CD3+ T cells (less than 500/mm3) and two of the three following characteristics:

  • Conotruncal cardiac defect (truncus arteriosus, tetralogy of Fallot, interrupted aortic arch, or aberrant right subclavian)

  • Hypocalcemia of greater than 3 weeks duration that requires therapy

  • Deletion of chromosome 22q11.2

Probable

Patient with reduced numbers of CD3+ T cells (less than 1500/mm³) and a deletion of chromosome 22q11.2.

Possible

Patient with reduced numbers of CD3+ T cells (less than 1500/mm³) and at least one of the following:

  • Cardiac defect

  • Hypocalcemia of greater than 3 weeks duration that requires therapy

  • Dysmorphic facies or palatal abnormalities

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