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- Title
A case of unusual association of Gaucher's disease with spinal tuberculosis.
- Authors
Pan, Jun; Sun, Zhi‐Yong; Ji, Cheng; Ji, Yi‐Ming; Yang, Yan; Yang, Hui‐Lin
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 25-year-old male patient with recurrent low-grade fever. Topics discussed include diagnosis of Gaucher's disease by examination of bone marrow aspiration and β-glucocerebrosidase activity; smaller nucleus compared to huge cytoplasm and the remainder of the cell filled with abnormal lipids; and immune deficiency caused by Gaucher's disease making patients susceptible to mycobacterial infections.
- Subjects
GAUCHER'S disease diagnosis; BONE marrow; CYTOPLASM; LIPIDS; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases
- Publication
International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 3, p361
- ISSN
1756-1841
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1756-185X.2012.01749.x