Open Access
Gaucher′s disease with uncommon presentations
Author(s) -
Sanjay Gupta,
Palash Mondal,
Nandita Basu,
Mamata Guha Mallick
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.59399
Subject(s) - medicine , glucocerebrosidase , disease , enzyme replacement therapy , gaucher's disease , pediatrics , lysosomal storage disease , immunology , pathology
Gaucher's disease is the most common lysosomal storage disorder gene defect, which leads to deficiency or decreased activity of glucocerebrosidase, followed by accumulation of glucosylceramide. There is autosomal recessive transmission leading to varied clinical manifestations. This disease has three main types: Type I - nonneuronopathic; type II - acute neuronopathic; and type III - chronic neuronopathic. The nonneuronopathic type has the highest prevalence and also the greatest variability. The authors here report two cases of Gaucher's disease with uncommon presentations in early childhood, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis of the disease, as now-a-days enzyme replacement therapy may arrest further progress of disease.