Ceroid storage disease: Difference between revisions
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===Symptoms=== | ===Symptoms=== | ||
* Liver failure | * Liver failure | ||
===Laboratory Tests=== | |||
* Ceroid deposits in liver | |||
* Ceroid deposits in spleen | |||
* Ceroid deposits in intestinal lining | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 08:08, 29 July 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
A rare metabolic storage disease characterized by the abnormal deposits of a waxy substance called ceroid lipfuscin in various parts of the body such as the liver, spleen and intestinal lining.
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
- Childhood death
- Liver Cirrhosis
Diagnosis
Symptoms
- Liver failure
Laboratory Tests
- Ceroid deposits in liver
- Ceroid deposits in spleen
- Ceroid deposits in intestinal lining
References