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[A rare etiology of spinal cord compression: Gaucher disease]. 1993

D Neau, and P Mercier, and K Bouabdallah, and J M Vital, and P Fialon, and M Longy-Boursier, and M Le Bras
Clinique Médicale Propédeutique et Médecine Tropicale, Hôpital Saint-André, Bordeaux.

Gaucher's disease is a sphingolipidosis transmitted as an autosomal trait. Bone lesions are frequent in type 1 of the disease (i.e. the adult type without neurological manifestation). We report the case of a 70-year old woman suffering from spinal lesions with vertebral collapse and spinal cord compression. Our diagnosis was based on the finding in bone samples of Gaucher cells looking like large macrophages, and on the enzymatic assay of glucocerebrosidase. New treatments, such as replacement of the deficient enzyme by placental glucocerebrosidase, are currently being evaluated.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D013117 Spinal Cord Compression Acute and chronic conditions characterized by external mechanical compression of the SPINAL CORD due to extramedullary neoplasm; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; bony deformities of the vertebral bodies; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations vary with the anatomic site of the lesion and may include localized pain, weakness, sensory loss, incontinence, and impotence. Conus Medullaris Syndrome,Myelopathy, Compressive,Extramedullary Spinal Cord Compression,Spinal Cord Compression, Extramedullary,Compression, Spinal Cord,Compressions, Spinal Cord,Compressive Myelopathy,Conus Medullaris Syndromes,Spinal Cord Compressions,Syndrome, Conus Medullaris,Syndromes, Conus Medullaris
D013122 Spinal Diseases Diseases involving the SPINE. Disease, Spinal,Diseases, Spinal,Spinal Disease

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