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Prenatal diagnosis of mucolipidosis IV by electron microscopy. 1977

G Kohn, and N Livni, and A Ornoy, and E Sekeles, and Y Beyth, and C Legum, and G Bach, and M M Cohen

Mucolipidosis IV, a recently recognized metabolic storage disease, is characterized clinically by corneal opacity in infancy, full facial features, and psychomotor retardation. Electron microscopy of cells from a 2-year-old affected girl revealed multiple cytoplasmic storage bodies. Cultured amniotic fluid cells, in two subsequent pregnancies, demonstrated similar abnormal storage bodies. Electron microscopic examination of various uncultured tissues from one abortus demonstrated abnormal inclusions in the cells of the brain, cornea, conjunctiva, and other epithelial tissues, thus confirming the prenatal diagnosis. This suggests that mucolipidosis IV is an autosomal recessive trait and demonstrates the efficacy of electron microscopy in the prenatal diagnosis of metabolic storage diseases whose biochemical defect is yet unknown.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D009081 Mucolipidoses A group of inherited metabolic diseases characterized by the accumulation of excessive amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides, sphingolipids, and/or glycolipids in visceral and mesenchymal cells. Abnormal amounts of sphingolipids or glycolipids are present in neural tissue. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY and skeletal changes, most notably dysostosis multiplex, occur frequently. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch56, pp36-7) Cherry Red Spot Myoclonus Syndrome,Ganglioside Sialidase Deficiency Disease,I-Cell Disease,Lipomucopolysaccharidosis,Mucolipidosis,Myoclonus Cherry Red Spot Syndrome,Pseudo-Hurler Polydystrophy,Sialidosis,Cherry Red Spot-Myoclonus Syndrome,Deficiency Disease, Ganglioside Sialidase,Glycoprotein Neuraminidase Deficiency,Inclusion Cell Disease,Mucolipidosis I,Mucolipidosis II,Mucolipidosis III,Mucolipidosis III Alpha Beta,Mucolipidosis IIIa,Mucolipidosis IV,Mucolipidosis Type 1,Mucolipidosis Type I,Mucolipidosis Type II,Mucolipidosis Type III,Mucolipidosis Type IV,Myoclonus-Cherry Red Spot Syndrome,Psuedo-Hurler Disease,Sialolipidosis,Type I Mucolipidosis,Type II Mucolipidosis,Type III Mucolipidosis,Type IV Mucolipidosis,Deficiencies, Glycoprotein Neuraminidase,Deficiency, Glycoprotein Neuraminidase,Glycoprotein Neuraminidase Deficiencies,I Cell Disease,I-Cell Diseases,Inclusion Cell Diseases,Lipomucopolysaccharidoses,Mucolipidoses, Type I,Mucolipidoses, Type II,Mucolipidoses, Type III,Mucolipidoses, Type IV,Mucolipidosis, Type I,Mucolipidosis, Type II,Mucolipidosis, Type III,Mucolipidosis, Type IV,Polydystrophy, Pseudo-Hurler,Pseudo Hurler Polydystrophy,Psuedo Hurler Disease,Psuedo-Hurler Diseases,Sialidoses,Sialolipidoses,Type I Mucolipidoses,Type II Mucolipidoses,Type III Mucolipidoses,Type IV Mucolipidoses
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011296 Prenatal Diagnosis Determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the postimplantation EMBRYO; FETUS; or pregnant female before birth. Diagnosis, Prenatal,Fetal Diagnosis,Fetal Imaging,Fetal Screening,Intrauterine Diagnosis,Antenatal Diagnosis,Antenatal Screening,Diagnosis, Antenatal,Diagnosis, Intrauterine,Prenatal Screening,Antenatal Diagnoses,Antenatal Screenings,Diagnosis, Fetal,Fetal Diagnoses,Fetal Imagings,Fetal Screenings,Imaging, Fetal,Intrauterine Diagnoses,Prenatal Diagnoses,Prenatal Screenings,Screening, Antenatal,Screening, Fetal,Screening, Prenatal
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003315 Cornea The transparent anterior portion of the fibrous coat of the eye consisting of five layers: stratified squamous CORNEAL EPITHELIUM; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; and mesenchymal CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM. It serves as the first refracting medium of the eye. It is structurally continuous with the SCLERA, avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae, and is innervated by the ophthalmic division of the TRIGEMINAL NERVE via the ciliary nerves and those of the surrounding conjunctiva which together form plexuses. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Corneas
D005260 Female Females
D005347 Fibroblasts Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. Fibroblast
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000653 Amniotic Fluid A clear, yellowish liquid that envelopes the FETUS inside the sac of AMNION. In the first trimester, it is likely a transudate of maternal or fetal plasma. In the second trimester, amniotic fluid derives primarily from fetal lung and kidney. Cells or substances in this fluid can be removed for prenatal diagnostic tests (AMNIOCENTESIS). Amniotic Fluid Index,Amniotic Fluid Indices,Amniotic Fluids,Fluid Index, Amniotic,Fluid Indices, Amniotic,Fluid, Amniotic,Fluids, Amniotic,Index, Amniotic Fluid,Indices, Amniotic Fluid

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