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A progressive neurological condition with acquired sea-blue histiocytosis further the diagnosis of Niemann-Pick type C1 in a 10-year-old boy.
Indian journal of pathology & microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Wang Li, Sun Jingmin, Xu Xiaoyan, Tao Longxiang, Wu De, Zhang Ying
Abstract excerpt
Sea-blue histiocytes in bone marrow can be associated with a number of conditions and have indeed often been reported in Niemann-Pick diseases, mostly in Niemann-Pick type B, but also Niemann-Pick type C. Rarely, it was reported to be related to a progressive neurological condition. In this work, early bone marrow aspirations in a boy following the discovery of hepatosplenomegaly at 1 month of age and later...
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