Is it possible to identify siblings by studying bone marrow under a microscope? Two unusual cases of Gaucher disease.
Two cases of Gaucher disease have been reported in siblings, in whom an unusual similar histological pattern permitted the pathologist (BP) to identify family relation of patients bearing different names.
Papla
Bolesław
B
Department of Pathomorphology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
Machaczka
Maciej
M
Skotnicki
Aleksander B
AB
D000328:Adult; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010375:Pedigree
D004247:DNA