Article
Unusual pulmonary findings in mucolipidosis II.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 Jul 2012
Ishak Marleine, Zambrano Eduardo V, Bazzy-Asaad Alia, Esquibies Americo E
Abstract excerpt
We report undescribed pulmonary findings in a child with mucolipidosis II (ML-II). Children with ML-II bear significant pulmonary morbidity that may include extensive pulmonary fibrosis, persistent hemosiderosis as well as pulmonary airway excrescences as they reach preschool age.
Topics
- Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
- Hemosiderosis
- Humans
- Infant
- Lung Diseases
- Male
- Mucolipidoses
- Mutation
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)
- Hemosiderosis, Pulmonary