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

Published inJournal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 8, no. 2, 219
Publication date2019
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.

Keywords
  • Gaucher disease
  • Lysosomal storage disorder
  • Splenic arterial aneuryms
  • Enzymereplacement therapy
Citation (ISO format)
DE ROUX SERRATRICE, Christine et al. Splenic Artery Aneurysms, A Rare Complication of Type 1 Gaucher Disease: Report of Five Cases. In: Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019, vol. 8, n° 2, p. 219. doi: 10.3390/jcm8020219
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Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc6406779/
Journal ISSN2077-0383
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