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A 12-year-old boy presented with epistaxis, mild bruising, intermittent bone pain, and massive splenomegaly

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A 12-year-old boy presented with epistaxis, mild bruising, intermittent bone pain, and massive splenomegaly. Complete blood count shows thrombocytopenia and mild anemia.Radiological study revealed lytic lesions and Erlenmeyer flask deformity of the distal femur. Of the following,the MOST likely diagnosis is


  1. Gaucher disease
  2. Sandhoff disease
  3. Tay-Sachs disease
  4. von Gierke disease
  5. Niemann-pick diease

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(A). Gaucher disease is a multisystemic lipidosis characterized by hematologic abnormalities, organomegaly, and skeletal involvement, the latter usually manifesting as bone pain and pathologic fractures. It is one of the most common lysosomal storage diseases, results from the deficient activity of the lysosomal hydrolase, acid B-glucosidase, which is encoded by a gene located on chromosome 1q21-q31. The pathologic hallmark of Gaucher disease is the Gaucher cell in the reticuloendothelial system, particularly in the bone marrow.

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