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CC BY 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2025; 17(01): 047-048
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1801759
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Cytoplasmic Vacuoles in Lymphocytes of a Child with Sialic Acid Storage Disorder

Saba Shafi
1   Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Samir B. Kahwash 
1   Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States
2   Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Abstract

This is an image-based clinical vignette demonstrating unusual cytoplasmic vacuoles in the lymphocytes in a stained peripheral blood smear from a 6-month-old infant who presented with seizures, hypotonia, and hepatosplenomegaly and was found to have the extremely rare lysosomal disorder, namely, sialic acid storage disease. Although not specific, it is important to recognize this morphologic finding for reflex biochemical and genetic testing.

Keywords

hypomyelination - infantile sialic acid storage disorder - lysosomal membrane transporter - N-acetylneuraminic acid - sialic acid

Authors' Contributions

S.B.K. made the diagnosis, wrote the first draft, and prepared the composite photograph. S.S. performed the literature search and edited the manuscript.


Compliance with Ethical Principles

No ethical concerns.




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30. Januar 2025

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