Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum in a Spanish patient with aspartylglucosaminuria
✍ Scribed by E. Vargas-Díez; A. Chabás; M.J. Coll; J. Sánchez-Pérez; A. García-Díez; J.M. Fernández-Herrera
- Book ID
- 104460193
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 147
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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✦ Synopsis
Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (ACD), initially considered to be synonymous with Fabry's disease, represents a well-known cutaneous marker of some other lysosomal enzyme disorders. Aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) is a rare hereditary disorder mostly affecting the Finnish population, with only a few sporadic patients of non-Finnish origin. To date, only three patients with AGU have been reported with cutaneous lesions of ACD. A 19-year-old Spanish woman presented with a 10-year history of progressive ACD affecting the limbs, buttocks and trunk. After the age of 6 years she had developed progressive mental deterioration, coarse facies and macroglossia with a scrotal appearance. Peripheral blood smears showed many vacuolated lymphocytes. Enzyme analysis in cultured fibroblasts revealed a decreased activity of aspartylglucosaminidase. By the age of 31 years the patient had developed a bipolar psychosis, polycystic ovarian disease and severe impairment of cognitive skills. This is the first case of AGU detected in a Spanish patient presenting with cutaneous lesions of ACD. To our knowledge, macroglossia with a scrotal appearance and polycystic ovarian disease have not been reported in previous cases of AGU.
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