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The surgical management of Gaucher's disease. 1982

A H Aufses, and B M Salky

The records of eleven patients who underwent splenectomy for Gaucher's disease at The Mount Sinai Hospital from 1967 to 1981 have been reviewed. The major indications for operation were hypersplenism, pain, and mechanical problems associated with a massively enlarged spleen. There were no operative mortalities and the hematologic picture returned to normal in all cases. Because of the danger of overwhelming sepsis following splenectomy, partial splenectomy should be considered as a therapeutic modality in these patients.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260	Female		Females
D005776	Gaucher Disease	An autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of acid beta-glucosidase (GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE) leading to intralysosomal accumulation of glycosylceramide mainly in cells of the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM. The characteristic Gaucher cells, glycosphingolipid-filled HISTIOCYTES, displace normal cells in BONE MARROW and visceral organs causing skeletal deterioration, hepatosplenomegaly, and organ dysfunction. There are several subtypes based on the presence and severity of neurological involvement.	Cerebroside Lipidosis Syndrome,Gaucher Disease Type 1,Gaucher Disease Type 2,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency Disease,Glucosylceramide Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Acid beta-Glucosidase Deficiency,Acid beta-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Acute Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Chronic Gaucher Disease,GBA Deficiency,Gaucher Disease Type 3,Gaucher Disease, Acute Neuronopathic,Gaucher Disease, Acute Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Chronic,Gaucher Disease, Chronic Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Infantile,Gaucher Disease, Infantile Cerebral,Gaucher Disease, Juvenile,Gaucher Disease, Juvenile and Adult, Cerebral,Gaucher Disease, Neuronopathic,Gaucher Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Noncerebral Juvenile,Gaucher Disease, Subacute Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Subacute Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Type 1,Gaucher Disease, Type 2,Gaucher Disease, Type 3,Gaucher Disease, Type I,Gaucher Disease, Type II,Gaucher Disease, Type III,Gaucher Splenomegaly,Gaucher Syndrome,Gaucher's Disease,Gauchers Disease,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,Glucocerebrosidosis,Glucosyl Cerebroside Lipidosis,Glucosylceramidase Deficiency,Glucosylceramide Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency,Glucosylceramide Lipidosis,Infantile Gaucher Disease,Kerasin Histiocytosis,Kerasin Lipoidosis,Kerasin thesaurismosis,Lipoid Histiocytosis (Kerasin Type),Non-Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Subacute Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Type 1 Gaucher Disease,Type 2 Gaucher Disease,Type 3 Gaucher Disease,Cerebroside Lipidoses, Glucosyl,Cerebroside Lipidosis Syndromes,Cerebroside Lipidosis, Glucosyl,Deficiencies, GBA,Deficiencies, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency Disease, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency Diseases, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency, GBA,Deficiency, Glucocerebrosidase,Disease, Chronic Gaucher,Disease, Gaucher,Disease, Gaucher's,Disease, Gauchers,Disease, Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,Disease, Infantile Gaucher,Disease, Juvenile Gaucher,Disease, Neuronopathic Gaucher,Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Gaucher,Diseases, Gauchers,Diseases, Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,GBA Deficiencies,Gaucher Disease, Non Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Non-Neuronopathic,Gauchers Diseases,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiencies,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency Diseases,Glucocerebrosidoses,Glucosyl Cerebroside Lipidoses,Glucosylceramide Lipidoses,Histiocytoses, Kerasin,Histiocytoses, Lipoid (Kerasin Type),Histiocytosis, Kerasin,Histiocytosis, Lipoid (Kerasin Type),Juvenile Gaucher Disease,Kerasin Histiocytoses,Kerasin Lipoidoses,Kerasin thesaurismoses,Lipidoses, Glucosyl Cerebroside,Lipidoses, Glucosylceramide,Lipidosis Syndrome, Cerebroside,Lipidosis Syndromes, Cerebroside,Lipidosis, Glucosyl Cerebroside,Lipidosis, Glucosylceramide,Lipoid Histiocytoses (Kerasin Type),Lipoidoses, Kerasin,Lipoidosis, Kerasin,Non Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Splenomegaly, Gaucher,Syndrome, Cerebroside Lipidosis,Syndrome, Gaucher,Syndromes, Cerebroside Lipidosis,thesaurismoses, Kerasin,thesaurismosis, Kerasin
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013156	Splenectomy	Surgical procedure involving either partial or entire removal of the spleen.	Splenectomies