Unusual pericardial calcification in Gaucher's disease.
Gaucher's disease is a hereditary metabolic disorder characterized by the abnormal accumulation of glucocerebrosides in reticuloendothelial cells. A 58-year-old man had Gaucher's disease and suffered from hypersplenism, cirrhosis of the liver, and free-floating calcifications in the pericardial space. The literature of the pericardial involvement in Gaucher's disease is reviewed.
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006971:Hypersplenism / Q000209:etiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology*