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Zhong W, Li D, Fei Y, Hong P. A review of type 3 Gaucher disease: unique neurological manifestations and advances in treatment. Acta Neurol Belg 2024:10.1007/s13760-024-02493-1. [PMID: 38413480 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-024-02493-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Gaucher disease (GD) is a rare lysosomal storage disease that is caused by mutations in the GBA gene. It is classified into three main phenotypes according to the patient's clinical presentation. Of these, chronic neuronopathic GD (GD3) is characterized by progressive neurological damage. Understanding the unique neurological manifestations of GD3 has important diagnostic and therapeutic implications. Our article summarizes the neurological symptoms specific to GD3 and related therapeutic advances, and it highlights the relevance of the gene to clinical symptoms, so as to provide a reference for the diagnosis and treatment of GD3.
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- Wei Zhong
- Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, 568 Zhongxing North Road, Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, 568 Zhongxing North Road, Shaoxing, 312000, Zhejiang, China.
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Bulut FD, Kor D, Kılavuz S, Şeker Yılmaz B, Kaplan İ, Ekinci F, Burgaç E, Varol İ, Köşeci B, Tuğ Bozdoğan S, Kara E, Demir F, Deniz A, Temiz F, Önenli Mungan N. Expanding the phenotypic landscape of Gaucher disease type 3c with a novel entity - Transient neonatal cholestasis. Eur J Med Genet 2023; 66:104764. [PMID: 37061027 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2023.104764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Gaucher disease (GD) is the most frequent lysosomal storage disorder due to biallelic pathogenic variants in GBA gene. Only homozygous D409H variant has been associated with the cardiovascular phenotype which is also known as Gaucher disease type 3c. In this descriptive study, we presented phenotypic heterogeneity and a novel clinical finding among 13 patients with GD type 3c. Patients presented with varying degrees of cardiac valve and/or aortic calcifications (84,6%) and corneal opacities (76,9%) in addition to visceral (100%), hematological (92,3%), neurological (92,3%), and skeletal (30%) manifestations. Also, cervical dystonia (38,4%) and psychiatric disorders (46,1%) were not infrequent entities with respect to neurological involvement in GD type 3c. In this report, we highlight transient neonatal cholestasis (38,4%) as a novel finding in GD type 3c. Neonatal cholestasis is a finding associated with Gaucher type 2, but transient neonatal cholestasis has not been reported in GD patients, so far. The clinical features of GD type 3c are highly heterogeneous, from disease severity or age of onset to disease progression. Also, we concluded that phenotypic spectrum may be associated with age at onset of clinical symptoms. As, patients presenting in infancy or childhood had mainly visceral and hematological involvement and patients presenting in adolescence and adulthood had mainly cardiac, neurological involvement, and psychiatric behavioral disorders. Identifying the heterogeneous clinical course of these patients in this fatal disease, may lead a sufficient understanding of the pathophysiology which will enable targeted therapeutic interventions.
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- Fatma Derya Bulut
- Çukurova University, Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition Department, Adana, Turkey.
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition Department, Adana, Turkey
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- Başakşehir Çam ve Sakura City Research and Education Hospital, Pediatric Metabolism Department, İstanbul, Turkey
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- University College London, Genetics and Genomics Medicine, Institute of Child Health London, UK
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition Department, Adana, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Intensive Care Department, Adana, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition Department, Adana, Turkey
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- İnönü University, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Malatya, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition Department, Adana, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition Department, Adana, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Cardiology Department, Adana, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Adana, Turkey
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- Sütçü İmam University, Pediatric Endocrinology Department, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
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Lazea C, Bucerzan S, Al-Khzouz C, Zimmermann A, Vesa ȘC, Nașcu I, Creț V, Crișan M, Asăvoaie C, Miclea D, Grigorescu-Sido P. Cardiac Manifestations in a Group of Romanian Patients with Gaucher Disease Type 1 (a Monocentric Study). Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11060989. [PMID: 34072542 PMCID: PMC8227770 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11060989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gaucher disease (GD), one of the most common lysosomal disorders, is characterised by clinical heterogeneity. Cardiac involvement is rare and refers to pulmonary hypertension (PH), valvular abnormalities and myocardial infiltrative damage. The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiac involvement in a group of Romanian GD patients. Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation was carried out in 69 patients with GD type 1. Annual echocardiography and electrocardiography were performed to assess pulmonary pressure, morphology and function of the valves and electrocardiographic changes. Nine patients (13%) exhibited baseline echocardiographic signs suggesting PH. Mitral regurgitation was present in 33 patients (48%) and aortic regurgitation in 11 patients (16%). One patient presented aortic stenosis. Significant valvular dysfunction was diagnosed in 10% of patients. PH was associated with greater age (p < 0.001), longer time since splenectomy (p = 0.045) and longer time between clinical onset and the start of enzyme replacing therapy (p < 0.001). Electrocardiographic changes were present in five patients (7%).
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- Cecilia Lazea
- 1st Pediatric Discipline, Mother and Child Department, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinic Pediatrics I, Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (S.B.); (C.A.-K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +40-744-353-764
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- 1st Pediatric Discipline, Mother and Child Department, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinic Pediatrics I, Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (S.B.); (C.A.-K.)
- Department of Genetic Diseases, Emergency Pediatric Hospital, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- 1st Pediatric Discipline, Mother and Child Department, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinic Pediatrics I, Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (S.B.); (C.A.-K.)
- Department of Genetic Diseases, Emergency Pediatric Hospital, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- 1st Clinic and Polyclinic of Internal Medicine, Medical Clinic 2, Clinic of Worms, Department of Diabetology and Endocrinology, University Medical Center, 55131 Mainz, Germany;
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (I.N.); (V.C.); (M.C.); (C.A.)
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- Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (I.N.); (V.C.); (M.C.); (C.A.)
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- Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (I.N.); (V.C.); (M.C.); (C.A.)
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- Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400370 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (I.N.); (V.C.); (M.C.); (C.A.)
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- Department of Medical Genetics, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Emergency Pediatric Hospital, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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Kovilakath A, Cowart LA. Sphingolipid Mediators of Myocardial Pathology. J Lipid Atheroscler 2020; 9:23-49. [PMID: 32821720 PMCID: PMC7379069 DOI: 10.12997/jla.2020.9.1.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. While the causes of cardiomyopathy continue to be elucidated, current evidence suggests that aberrant bioactive lipid signaling plays a crucial role as a component of cardiac pathophysiology. Sphingolipids have been implicated in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease, as they regulate numerous cellular processes that occur in primary and secondary cardiomyopathies. Experimental evidence gathered over the last few decades from both in vitro and in vivo model systems indicates that inhibitors of sphingolipid synthesis attenuate a variety of cardiomyopathic symptoms. In this review, we focus on various cardiomyopathies in which sphingolipids have been implicated and the potential therapeutic benefits that could be gained by targeting sphingolipid metabolism.
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- Anna Kovilakath
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
- Hunter Holmes McGuire Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
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Kurolap A, Del Toro M, Spiegel R, Gutstein A, Shafir G, Cohen IJ, Barrabés JA, Feldman HB. Gaucher disease type 3c: New patients with unique presentations and review of the literature. Mol Genet Metab 2019; 127:138-146. [PMID: 31130326 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Gaucher disease (GD) is the most prevalent lysosomal disorder caused by GBA mutations and abnormal glucocerebrosidase function, leading to glucocerebrosideaccumulation mainly in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, lungs, and occasionally in the central nervous system. Gaucher disease type 3c (GD3c) is a rare subtype of the subacute/chronic neuronopathic GD3, caused by homozygosity for the GBA p.Asp448His (D409H) mutation. GD3c is characterized mainly by cardiovascular and neuro-ophthalmological findings. In this paper, we describe four new GD3c patients exhibiting rare cardiovascular, pulmonary and psychiatric findings, as well as atypical disease courses. Review of the GD3c-related literature revealed clinical descriptions of 36 patients, presenting predominantly with cardiovascular calcifications; 15%, including Patient 1b in this study, had non-calcified lesions - fibrosis and atherosclerosis. Only 7.5% of patients have been described without heart disease, including Patient 3; however, Patient 2 had a fulminant coronary disease. Neurological findings in GD3c consist mainly of oculomotor apraxia (80%), which is absent in Patient 3, while other neurological findings are common (65%) but diverse. Patient 1b developed a psychiatric behavioral disorder, which has not been previously described in GD3c. Patient 1b also had interstitial lung disease, which was only described in one GD3c patient as pulmonary fibrosis. In view of these unique features, we recommend a revised surveillance protocol; however, further studies are required to establish the management of these patients and the role of GBA in the described pathologies.
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- Alina Kurolap
- The Genetics Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Pediatric Neurology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Department of Pediatrics B, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Assuta University Hospital, Ashdod, Israel; Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Imaging Department, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Gaucher Clinic, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Cardiology Service, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Research Institute, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, CIBERCV, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Genetics Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel; The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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Alsahli S, Bubshait DK, Rahbeeni ZA, Alfadhel M. Aortic calcification in Gaucher disease: a case report. APPLICATION OF CLINICAL GENETICS 2018; 11:107-110. [PMID: 30410382 PMCID: PMC6199969 DOI: 10.2147/tacg.s180995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Gaucher disease is the most common sphingolipid storage disease and is present in all ethnic groups. Its symptoms span all systems including the cardiovascular system. The health care provider should be vigilant regarding this potentially fatal complication. Gaucher disease type IIIC has been linked to causing oculomotor apraxia and cardiac calcification. We report a Saudi girl who developed valvular and aortic calcification in late childhood and died as a result of her cardiovascular complications. This report further strengthens the association and reminds the clinicians that patients with D409H mutation need echocardiographic evaluation annually.
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- Saud Alsahli
- Medical Genomic Research Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, .,Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs (MNGHA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Genomic Research Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, .,Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs (MNGHA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
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Lo Iudice F, Barbato A, Muscariello R, Di Nardo C, de Stefano F, Sibilio M, Strazzullo P, de Simone G, Galderisi M. Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Type I Gaucher Disease: An Echo Doppler Study. Echocardiography 2014; 32:890-5. [DOI: 10.1111/echo.12759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Francesco Lo Iudice
- Hypertension Research Center and Department of Medical Translational Sciences; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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- Hypertension Research Center and Department of Medical Translational Sciences; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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- Division of Pediatrics and Neonatology; Moscati Hospital; Aversa (CE) Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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- Hypertension Research Center and Department of Medical Translational Sciences; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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- Hypertension Research Center and Department of Medical Translational Sciences; Federico II University Hospital; Naples Italy
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Shah S, Misri A, Bhat M, Maheshwari S. Gaucher's disease type III C: Unusual cause of intracardiac calcification. Ann Pediatr Cardiol 2011; 1:144-6. [PMID: 20300259 PMCID: PMC2840747 DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.43883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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We report a case of intracardiac calcification associated with oculomotor apraxia and corneal deposits in a 12-year-old girl, who presented with dyspnea on exertion, sinusitis, and epistaxis since the age of 6 years. Unusual presentation with multiorgan involvement prompted us to evaluate her in terms of metabolic/storage disorder. The bone marrow aspirate confirmed the diagnosis of Gaucher's disease.
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- Sejal Shah
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India
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An unusual form of Gaucher’s disease: pulmonary and cardiovascular involvement and cholelitiasis. Open Med (Wars) 2010. [DOI: 10.2478/s11536-009-0062-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractGaucher’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.
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Guertl B, Noehammer C, Hoefler G. Metabolic cardiomyopathies. Int J Exp Pathol 2000; 81:349-72. [PMID: 11298185 PMCID: PMC2517748 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2000.00186.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2001] [Accepted: 01/29/2001] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The energy needed by cardiac muscle to maintain proper function is supplied by adenosine Ariphosphate primarily (ATP) production through breakdown of fatty acids. Metabolic cardiomyopathies can be caused by disturbances in metabolism, for example diabetes mellitus, hypertrophy and heart failure or alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Deficiency in enzymes of the mitochondrial beta-oxidation show a varying degree of cardiac manifestation. Aberrations of mitochondrial DNA lead to a wide variety of cardiac disorders, without any obvious correlation between genotype and phenotype. A completely different pathogenetic model comprises cardiac manifestation of systemic metabolic diseases caused by deficiencies of various enzymes in a variety of metabolic pathways. Examples of these disorders are glycogen storage diseases (e.g. glycogenosis type II and III), lysosomal storage diseases (e.g. Niemann-Pick disease, Gaucher disease, I-cell disease, various types of mucopolysaccharidoses, GM1 gangliosidosis, galactosialidosis, carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndromes and Sandhoff's disease). There are some systemic diseases which can also affect the heart, for example triosephosphate isomerase deficiency, hereditary haemochromatosis, CD 36 defect or propionic acidaemia.
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- B Guertl
- Institute of Pathology, University of Graz, Austria.
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Gaucher's disease is the most common lysosomal storage disease. The pathological features are a consequence of the progressive accumulation of glucosylceramide within mononuclear phagocytes. A wide variety of gross and microscopic anatomical changes are seen, primarily in the bone marrow, liver, spleen and bones. It is probable that cellular reactions to the presence of Gaucher cells ('lipid-engorged' macrophages) contribute to the tissue damage observed in this disease, although only a few investigations have been undertaken to elucidate what, if any, other mechanisms may play a contributory role in defining individual disease outcome. The general clinico-pathological features of Gaucher's disease are reviewed herein, with exclusion of the central nervous system and skin involvement, which are covered elsewhere.
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- G M Pastores
- Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, NY 10016, USA
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Abrahamov A, Elstein D, Gross-Tsur V, Farber B, Glaser Y, Hadas-Halpern I, Ronen S, Tafakjdi M, Horowitz M, Zimran A. Gaucher's disease variant characterised by progressive calcification of heart valves and unique genotype. Lancet 1995; 346:1000-3. [PMID: 7475546 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91688-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Gaucher's disease is the most prevalent sphingolipid storage disease, characterised by substantial genetic and phenotypic variability. Cardiac manifestations are rare. We report 12 Arab Gaucher's disease patients, 2-20 years of age, who presented with oculomotor apraxia but only slight classic signs of the disease. All but the youngest had calcifications of the aortic or mitral valves or both. All these patients were homozygous for the rare point mutation D409H (1342C). Valvular calcifications increased with age and showed progression during 2 years of follow-up. Two of the oldest patients underwent aortic valve replacement, and one sibling had died suddenly at age 16, before this study, Corneal opacities were another common feature. The potentially fatal course of this Gaucher's disease variant, and the availability of a reliable PCR-based method for heterozygote detection, mean that population screening and genetic counselling in the geographic area at risk are important. Affected individuals should be closely monitored by echocardiography to gauge the need for valve replacement. The potential of enzyme replacement to prevent these cardiac complications cannot be ascertained at present, because of the high cost of therapy.
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- A Abrahamov
- Gaucher Clinic, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Chabás A, Cormand B, Grinberg D, Burguera JM, Balcells S, Merino JL, Mate I, Sobrino JA, Gonzàlez-Duarte R, Vilageliu L. Unusual expression of Gaucher's disease: cardiovascular calcifications in three sibs homozygous for the D409H mutation. J Med Genet 1995; 32:740-2. [PMID: 8544197 PMCID: PMC1051678 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.32.9.740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Three sisters suffering from an unusual form of Gaucher's disease are described. These patients had cardiovascular abnormalities consisting of calcification of the ascending aorta and of the aortic and mitral valves. Neurological findings included ophthalmoplegia and saccadic eye movements in two patients, and tonic-clonic seizures in the third. The three patients died, two of them after having undergone aortic valve replacement. Tissue was obtained from one of the sibs and fibroblast and liver beta-glucocerebrosidase activity was reduced to 4% and 11% of mean normal values. Genotype analysis indicated that the patient was homozygous for the D409H mutation. It is tempting to relate the phenotype of severe cardiac involvement to the D409H/D409H genotype, although further cases will be needed before this association can be confirmed.
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- A Chabás
- Institut de Bioquímica Clínica, Corporació Sanitaria, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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Saraçlar M, Atalay S, Koçak N, Ozkutlu S. Gaucher's disease with mitral and aortic involvement: echocardiographic findings. Pediatr Cardiol 1992; 13:56-8. [PMID: 1736272 DOI: 10.1007/bf00788233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cardiac involvement in Gaucher's disease has been reported in only a few patients, mostly adults with pericardial changes. We describe findings in two siblings with Gaucher's disease, aged 15 and 9 years respectively, in whom mitral and aortic valve lesions were evaluated by auscultation and echocardiography. In both cases the mitral and aortic valves were thick and restricted in motion. Continuous Doppler echocardiography revealed significant mitral regurgitation and mitral stenosis. At the aortic valve level there was a systolic pressure gradient. Echocardiographic investigation of patients with suspected cardiac involvement with Gaucher's disease is recommended.
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- M Saraçlar
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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