title: Early diagnosis of fabry disease in a patient with toe tip pain.
abstract: Fabry disease is an X-linked lysosomal disease caused by deficiency of α-galactosidase, in which early diagnosis may be missed due to the wide variety of clinical symptoms presenting during disease progression. A 13 year-old boy visited our pain clinic complaining of pricking and burning pain in the toe tips of both feet. Continuous epidural infusion for pain management was performed because of oral analgesics ineffectiveness. The patient underwent α-galactosidase A (GLA) enzyme analysis based on the clinical impression of Fabry disease from pain with a peripheral neuropathic component and history of anhidrosis. He was diagnosed with Fabry disease after confirming mutation of the GLA gene through a screening test of GLA activity. Enzyme replacement therapy was initiated and pain was tolerated with oral analgesics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Bum
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kyung Ream
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jae Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Do Wan
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ko