Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: A Rare Presentation of Gaucher Disease

Autor: Kundu, Soumi, Dasgupta, Malay Kumar, Majumder, Biswajit, Pradhan, Sayan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Annals of African Medicine
ISSN: 0975-5764
1596-3519
Popis: Restrictive cardiomyopathy is an unusual form of cardiomyopathy accounting only for 2%–5% of all pediatric cardiomyopathies. It is mostly idiopathic. Gaucher disease in association with restrictive cardiomyopathy is extremely rare. We herein report a case of cardiac failure in an 8-year-old male child caused by restrictive cardiomyopathy. Pathogenesis of which was attributed to Gaucher disease. In any case of restrictive cardiomyopathy, Gaucher disease should be included in differential diagnosis and investigated accordingly.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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