All issues > Volume 24(10); 1981

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(10):982-990. Published online October 15, 1981.

A Case of Acute(infantile) Gaucher's Disease.

Baek Keun Lim¹, Kwan Sub Chung¹, Jae Seung Lee¹, Kir Young Kim¹, Byung Soo Kim¹, Duk Jin Yun¹, Chang Jin Kim², Chan Il Park²

¹Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
²Department of Pathology College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.

Abstract

A case of Acute infantile form of Gaucher's disease in Korean infant is described. The large cells characteristically found in the bone marrow and liver in Gaucher's disease have been investigated with electron microscope, as well as light microscope. The pertinent literature has reviewed briefly concerning the clinical and laboratory fingings, roentgenographic picture, pathogenesis, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of this disorder.

Keywords :Acute infantile Gaucher's disease;Electron and light microscopic finding