The Middle-East connection of Wolman Disease.
The clinical, laboratory and cytological features of 2 Bahraini infants with Wolman's disease are described. While one of the cases showed the classical diagnostic features, the other case exhibited a few atypical features such as lack of adrenal calcification and unusual morphology of vacuolated marrow macrophages. Literature review shows that this disorder may not be rare in this region.
Shome
Durjoy K
DK
Department of Pathology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, PO Box 12, Manama, Bahrain. shome@batelco.com.bh
Al-Jishi
Emtethal
E
Greally
John F
JF
Malik
Neelam
N
Zainaldeen
Hassan A
HA
Das
Nagalla S
NS
D001445:Bahrain; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015223:Wolman Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*