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Gaucher disease in a patient with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: case report

BACKGROUND: Gaucher disease (GD) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited, lysosomal storage disoder that involves liver, spleen, lung, bone, bone marrow even central nervous. However, GD associated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is seldom reported. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we describ...

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Autores principales: Liang, Mengjun, Zhu, Shiyan, Liu, Shaoqin, Chen, Jianquan, Li, Danni, Luo, Chengzhi, Wang, Xiaowen, Jiang, Zongpei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10541703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37773105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03163-9
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Gaucher disease (GD) is a rare autosomal recessive inherited, lysosomal storage disoder that involves liver, spleen, lung, bone, bone marrow even central nervous. However, GD associated membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is seldom reported. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we described a case of 35-year-old man suffering from GD with hepatosplenomegaly, ascites, bone destruction, myelofibrosis and MPGN. Renal biopsy revealed MPGN and Gaucher cells presented in the glomeruli capillaries. β-glucosidase activity was 1.95nmol/1 h/mg and gene detection demonstrated that one homozygous pathogenic variant Leu483Pro in GBA. He received the treatment of oral prednisone and mycophenolate mofetil and his ascites and renal outcomes had been significantly improved. CONCLUSIONS: Therapy of prednisone and mycophenolate mofetil may be an optional choice for patients with Gaucher disease who have no opportunity to use enzyme treatment.