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The presence of peroxisome enzyme deficiencies leads to complex developmental sequelae, progressive disabilities, and multiorgan damage, due to intracellular accumulation of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case Presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report the case of an infant affected by ZS in which agammaglobulinemia, detected through neonatal screening of congenital immunodeficiencies, appeared as a peculiar trait standing out among all the other classical characteristics of the syndrome. The exome analysis through next-generation sequencing (NGS), which had previously confirmed the diagnostic suspicion of ZS, was repeated, but no mutations causative of inborn error of immunity (humoral defect) were detected.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this case, no genetic variants accountable for the abovementioned agammaglobulinemia were detected. Given that the scientific literature reports the involvement of peroxisomes in the activation of Nuclear Factor \u03ba-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-\u03baB) pathway, which is crucial for B-cell survival, with this work, we hypothesize the existence of a link between ZS and humoral immunodeficiencies. 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