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From blood smear to lipid disorder: a case report.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Nov 2013
Elitzur Sarah, Yacobovich Joanne, Dgany Orly, Krasnov Tatyana, Rosenbach Yoram, Tamary Hannah
Abstract excerpt
Neutral lipid storage disease (Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of lipid metabolism, characterized by systemic accumulation of neutral lipids in multiple tissues. We report a case of a 14-year-old girl with generalized ichthyosis, liver cirrhosis, and a hearing impairment. A peripheral blood smear demonstrated marked cytoplasmatic vacuoles in most polymorphonuclear cells (Jordan's...
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