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However, the pediatric CVID is no longer perceived as a primary immunodeficiency associated solely with infectious manifestations; autoimmune, allergic, lymphoproliferative, and malignant disorders and organ-specific immunopathology also characterize the spectrum of non-infectious complications. In this study, we sought to determine the role of immune dysregulation and frequency of non-infectious sequelae in children affected with CVID. We also aimed at providing an insight into the pathogenesis of non-infectious complications and at delineating the diagnostic approach to pediatric CVID with immune dysregulation. An in-depth retrospective analysis of clinical manifestations and their correlations with selected immune parameters was performed in a group of 39 CVID children, followed by our pediatric immunology department. Whereas recurrent sinopulmonary infections were present in all (100%) of the children studied, an unexpectedly high rate of non-infectious disorders and immune dysregulation phenotypes were observed in as many as 32 (82.05%) patients, compared with infection-only phenotypes limited to 7 (17.95%) male patients. The most common inflammatory comorbidity was asthma, diagnosed in 21 (53.85%) patients. The second most frequent immune dysregulation group was autoimmune disorders, present in 18 (46.15%) of the children studied with a high rate of autoimmune thyroiditis in as many as 10 (25.64%) of the CVID-affected children. Lymphoproliferation was seen in 14 children (35.90%), and, among them, lymphadenopathy occurred in nine (23.08%) cases and granulomatous lymphocytic interstitial lung disease in seven (17.95%) cases. Finally, malignancies occurred in two female patients (5.13%), papillary thyroid cancer in the first one and T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia in the other one. The most prominent abnormalities in the B- and T-cell compartment contributing to complex immune deficiency and immune dysregulation phenotypes were seen in the autoimmunity group, showing significant reductions in the switched memory B cell, naive T helper cell, and regulatory T-cell subsets. 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