APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is severe combined immunodeficiency? Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is very rare, genetic disorder, affecting between 50 and 100 children born in the U.S. every year. SCID is often called “bubble boy disease, ‘’ made known by the 1976 movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.”

Detailed explanation-2: -In healthy immune systems, T and B cells-known as lymphocytes-attack foreign organisms. People with SCID lack these critical immune defenses. David, who lived in Texas, wasn’t supposed to grow up in isolation. But while doctors waited for a cure, they decided to keep him in a sterile environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -David Vetter, affectionately known as the boy in the bubble, was born with Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID), one of the most severe types of primary immunodeficiency disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are the survival rates for SCID? Without treatment, infants with SCID usually die from infections within the first two years of life. With an early bone marrow transplant, frequent follow-up and prompt treatment for infections, survival rates are very good.