[Gm1 gangliosidosis types 1 and 2 (author's transl)]. 1979

I Ferrer, and J Vila Torres, and E Fernández Alvarez, and A Camino, and F González Sastre, and T Pampols, and A Chavas, and J Sabater, and P Giner

Two cases of gangliosidosis due to aggregates of Gm1 are described. The first patient was a female infant with noticeable retardation in psychomotor development, coarse facies, hepatomegaly, and X-rays showing skeletal anomalies in the large bones, vertebral column, cranium and ribs. She died at the age of 10 months of a septic condition. The second patient was a male infant; deterioration in psychomotor development was first noticed 8 months after birth and this progressed slowly to arrive at a vegetative state with convulsions and myoclonus. The child died at the age of 4 years. There were no signs of enlargement of visceral organs but a cherry red stain was observed in the ophthalmologic examination. In the first case, necropsy revealed the presence of a deposit substance in the histiocytes of the hepatic sinusoids, spleen, pancreas, thymus, septi and pulmonary alveoli, intestinal lamina propria, epithelial cells of the renal glomeruli, and in the neurons and glial cells of the brain. The same deposits were observed only in the neurons and glial cells in the second case. Ultrastructural examination showed the presence of typical cytoplasmic membranous bodies in the central nervous system of both patients. The beta-galactosidase activity in the urine of both patients during life was zero. There was a higher than normal total amount of gangliosides in brain tissue samples from both (1906.7 and 2459.9 NANA/g respectively) as compared with normal values (724.0). This increase was proportional to the rise in Gm1 ganglioside (76.8 and 89.6 percent molar respectively) as compared to control (27.0). These clinical, morphologic, and biochemical data characterize both types 1 and 2 of gangliosidosis due to Gm1 aggregates.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007678 Kidney Glomerulus A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue. Glomerulus, Kidney
D008297 Male Males
D002540 Cerebral Cortex The thin layer of GRAY MATTER on the surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES that develops from the TELENCEPHALON and folds into gyri and sulci. It reaches its highest development in humans and is responsible for intellectual faculties and higher mental functions. Allocortex,Archipallium,Cortex Cerebri,Cortical Plate,Paleocortex,Periallocortex,Allocortices,Archipalliums,Cerebral Cortices,Cortex Cerebrus,Cortex, Cerebral,Cortical Plates,Paleocortices,Periallocortices,Plate, Cortical
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D005732 Gangliosides A subclass of ACIDIC GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS. They contain one or more sialic acid (N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID) residues. Using the Svennerholm system of abbrevations, gangliosides are designated G for ganglioside, plus subscript M, D, or T for mono-, di-, or trisialo, respectively, the subscript letter being followed by a subscript arabic numeral to indicated sequence of migration in thin-layer chromatograms. (From Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1997) Ganglioside,Sialoglycosphingolipids
D005733 Gangliosidoses A group of autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorders marked by the accumulation of GANGLIOSIDES. They are caused by impaired enzymes or defective cofactors required for normal ganglioside degradation in the LYSOSOMES. Gangliosidoses are classified by the specific ganglioside accumulated in the defective degradation pathway. Ganglioside Storage Diseases,Ganglioside Storage Disorders,Gangliosidosis,Ganglioside Storage Disease,Ganglioside Storage Disorder,Storage Disease, Ganglioside,Storage Diseases, Ganglioside,Storage Disorder, Ganglioside,Storage Disorders, Ganglioside
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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