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An intractable case of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2014
Kanazu Masaki, Arai Toru, Sugimoto Chikatoshi, Kitaichi Masanori, Akira Masanori, Abe Yuko, Hozumi Yutaka, Suzuki Tamio, Inoue Yoshikazu
Abstract excerpt
A 52-year-old Japanese man with congenital amblyopia and oculocutaneous albinism was admitted to our hospital. Chest CT showed reticular opacities and traction bronchiectasis without honeycombing. Specimens obtained by a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery showed patchy chronic fibrotic lesions. We diagnosed him with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS). A mutation in the HPS1 gene was detected, and the diagnosis was...
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