Open AccessCor pulmonale in a case of infantile Gaucher′s disease
Author(s) -
Soumya Patra,
Sayan Chatterjee,
Shilpi Singhla,
Bijoy Patra,
Anu Maheswari,
Anju Seth
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.81948
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , disease , gaucher's disease , pulmonary heart disease , pediatrics , cardiology , pathology
Infantile Gaucher's disease presenting as cor pulmonale is rarely reported in pediatric literature. We report a 3.3 year old boy with infantile Gaucher's disease who presented to us as interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension along with features of cor pulmonale. The high resolution CT findings were typical of interstitial and airspace disease. Cor pulmonale in this patient was a result of severe pulmonary hypertension.