An unusual form of Gaucher’s disease: pulmonary and cardiovascular involvement and cholelitiasis

• Authors: Meltem Ceyhan , Fatma Celik , Muzaffer Elmali , Nevzat Gurmen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Gaucher’s disease is an inherited storage disease caused by a deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. Although the hepatic manifestations are seen frequently, pulmonary and cardiovascular involvements are known to be very rare in Gaucher’s disease. This report presents these rare findings made by conventional radiography, computerized tomography (CT), and High-resolution CT (HRCT) of a 16-year-old female patient with fatal Gaucher’s disease.

Keywords

EN

Gaucher’s disease; Cardiovascular calcification; Pulmonary interstitial involvement

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 495-498

Dates

published

1 - 8 - 2010

online

30 - 5 - 2010

Contributors

author

Meltem Ceyhan

• Departments of Radiology Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey

author

Fatma Celik

• Departments of Pediatrics Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey

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Muzaffer Elmali

• Departments of Radiology Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey

author

Nevzat Gurmen

• Departments of Radiology Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139, Samsun, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0062-1