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Splenic Artery Aneurysms, A Rare Complication of Type 1 Gaucher Disease: Report of Five Cases.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Serratrice, Christine 
Cox, Timothy M 
Leguy-Seguin, Vanessa 
Morris, Elizabeth 
Yousfi, Karima 

Abstract

Type 1 Gaucher disease is a rare genetic lysosomal disorder due to acid betaglucosidase deficiency. The main features are thrombocytopenia, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly and complex skeletal disease. Complications include pulmonary hypertension, cirrhosis and splenic infarction; comorbidities, such as autoimmune phenomena, B-cell malignancies and Parkinson disease also occur. Visceral aneurysms have been only rarely noted in Gaucher disease. We report the retrospective data from patients with Gaucher disease type 1 and splenic arterial aneurysm. We describe the different outcomes of a giant splenic arterial aneurysm in five patients with type 1 Gaucher disease and discuss the main possible pathophysiological explanations. Aneurysms of the splenic artery are rare in Gaucher disease but are probably greatly under-reported.

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Gaucher disease, enzyme replacement therapy, lysosomal storage disorder, splenic arterial aneuryms

Journal Title

J Clin Med

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2077-0383
2077-0383

Volume Title

8

Publisher

MDPI AG