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'''Gaucher disease''' a [[lysosomal storage diseases|lysosomal storage disease]]. It is a rare thingy seen in people that marry their cousins. | '''Gaucher disease''' a [[lysosomal storage diseases|lysosomal storage disease]]. It is a rare thingy that may be seen in people that marry their cousins. | ||
==Pathology== | ==Pathology== | ||
*Accumulation of ''glucocerebroside'' in monocytes/macrophages due to deficiency of ''glucocerebrosidase''.<ref name=emedicine>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/944157-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/944157-overview]. Accessed on: 3 December 2010.</ref> | *Accumulation of ''glucocerebroside'' in monocytes/macrophages due to deficiency of ''glucocerebrosidase''.<ref name=emedicine>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/944157-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/944157-overview]. Accessed on: 3 December 2010.</ref> | ||
*Defect in ''acid beta-glucosidase'' gene (''GBA gene'').<ref name=omim230800>{{OMIM|230800}}</ref><ref name=omim230900>{{OMIM|230900}}</ref><ref name=omim231000>{{OMIM|231000}}</ref> | |||
===Subtypes=== | ===Subtypes=== | ||
*There are several | *There are several types - all are autosomal recessive.<ref name=emedicine/> | ||
Types:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_95>{{Ref PCPBoD8|95}}</ref> | Types:<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_95>{{Ref PCPBoD8|95}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 05:16, 1 March 2012
Gaucher disease a lysosomal storage disease. It is a rare thingy that may be seen in people that marry their cousins.
Pathology
- Accumulation of glucocerebroside in monocytes/macrophages due to deficiency of glucocerebrosidase.[1]
- Defect in acid beta-glucosidase gene (GBA gene).[2][3][4]
Subtypes
- There are several types - all are autosomal recessive.[1]
Types:[5]
- Type I: 99% of cases; no CNS involvement - survive to adulthood.
- Type II: infantile onset - CNS degeneration + death at young age.
- Type III: mixed of type I & type II.
Clinical
- Pancytopenia - due to marrow replacement.
- Hepatosplenomegaly (type I).
Microscopic
- Mononuclear phagocytes with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm with subtle irregular lines (~0.5 micrometers in width).
- Known as "crumpled tissue paper cells" / "crumpled tissue paper cytoplasm."[7]
Notes:
- Crumpled tissue paper: crumpled tissue paper - image (123rf.com).
- The textbook case may look crumpled... along with some mind altering drugs.
- The typical case is:
- Abundant macrophages with cytoplasm filled by very small (clear) vacuoles (~0.2-0.4 micrometres).
- The typical case is:
Images:
- WC:
- www:
Stains
- Material in "crumpled tissue paper cells": PAS +ve.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/944157-overview. Accessed on: 3 December 2010.
- ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 230800
- ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 230900
- ↑ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 231000
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 95. ISBN 978-1416054542.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 URL: http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=377&n=3. Accessed on: 30 November 2010.
- ↑ URL: http://pathcuric1.swmed.edu/pathdemo/gen1/gen130.htm. Accessed on: 28 May 2011.
- ↑ URL: http://www.neuropathologyweb.org/chapter10/chapter10bLSDs.html. Accessed on: 30 November 2010.